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Acton 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 13.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
| Remaining in Hospital. January 1st, 1917 | 26 | |||
| „ ,, 1st. 1918 | 23 | |||
| Admitted during Year | Civilian | 176 | ||
| Military | 49 | |||
| Discharged during Year | 215 | |||
| Deaths | 15 | |||
| Diseases Treated, &c. | ||||
| Residents. | Non-residents. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 31 | ||
| Diphtheria | 54 | 60 | ||
| Measles | 5 | 37 | ||
| Other Cases | 1 | 11 | ||
TABLE 16.
INQUESTS.
| Held in the District | 43 | |||
| Cause of Death. | ||||
| Heart Disease | 6 | Accidental fall from a balcony | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 5 | Injury at birth | 1 | |
| Run over by a motor vehicle | 4 | Homicide | 1 | |
| Want of proper attention at birth | 4 | Suicide | 1 | |
| Burns | 2 | Overlying | 1 | |
| Aortic Aneurism | 2 | Accidentally drowned | 1 | |
| Accidentally kicked | 2 | Pthisis . | 1 | |
| Bronchitis and Pleurisy | 2 | Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 | |
| Scalds | 1 | Congenital Debility | 1 | |
| Fall of shell on foot | 1 | Epilepsy | 1 | |
| Fractured skull | 1 | Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | |
| Fall out of a box | 1 | Disease of I.iver | 1 | |
Inquests on- those who Died outside the District, 10. Cause of Death.
| Fractured Skull | 5 | Run over by a motor car | 1 |
| Found Drowned | 1 | Fall from a canal boat | 1 |
| Crushed by machinery | 1 | Empyema | 1 |