Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1947
Jan.— March. | April— June. | July— Sept. | Oct.— Dec. | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
Scarlet fever | 23 | 20 | 14 | 48 | 105 |
Paratyphoid fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
Measles | 238 | 67 | 15 | 72 | 392 |
Whooping Cough | 46 | 81 | 72 | 9 | 208 |
Pneumonia | 21 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 46 |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Tuberculosis— | |||||
Pulmonary | 22 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 76 |
Non-Pulmonary | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Totals | 360 | 214 | 143 | 170 | 887 |
REGISTER OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES.
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Totals." | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
Cases on Register, 1/1/47 | 192 | 171 | 41 | 38 | 442 |
Cases Notified for first time, 1947 | 49 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 82 |
Cases Restored to Register | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 |
Other cases added | 9 | 12 | — | 4 | 25 |
Cases Removed from Register | 33 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 63 |
Remaining on Register, 31.12.47 | 218 | 193 | 40 | 40 | 491 |