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Hayes 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: I consider that the improved health of the district, as far as notifiable diseases are concerned, is due largely to the very great improvement that has taken place in the housing conditions, owing to the action of the Council in providing so many working-class houses, in closing and demolishing insanitary and worn-out dwellings and in improving generally the sanitary condition of the district.

I consider that the improved health of the district, as far as notifiable diseases are concerned, is due largely to the very great improvement that has taken place in the housing conditions, owing to the action of the Council in providing so many working-class houses, in closing and demolishing insanitary and worn-out dwellings and in improving generally the sanitary condition of the district.

Year.Scarlet F kvkr.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Dysentery.Pnfumonia.Erysipei.as.mai.aria.Ophthalmia NeonatorumPkurpf.kal Fever.Total.Population.
19205211...17311...766,000
1921503......4...1...586,303
19223711.....................486,777
19231441...............1207,419
19241821...3............248,238
192557.........3.........158,859

Table: The distribution over the district of cases of Infectious Disease notified during the years 1920 to 1925 is given below:—

The distribution over the district of cases of Infectious Disease notified during the years 1920 to 1925 is given below:—

Year.South Ward.East Ward.West Ward.Total.
19203313/ 3076
1921437858
19222217948
1923315920
19241210224
192567215
Total1196953241