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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southgate 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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| Disease | Jan.— March | April— June | July-Sept. | Oct.— Dec. | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 18 | 10 | 56 | |
| Measles | 5 | 14 | 16 | 172 | 207 |
| Pertussis | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| Dysentery | 7 | — | 19 | 13 | 39 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Para-typhoid | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||
| Pulmonary | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 47 | 64 | 226 | 384 |
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Cases on Register at 1.1.58 | 269 | 223 | 26 | 22 | 540 |
| Cases notified for the first time in 1958 | 19 | 9 | 2 | — | 30 |
| Cases Restored to Register | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| Other Cases Added | 11 | 14 | — | — | 25 |
| Cases Removed from Register | 45 | 39 | — | — | 84 |
| Cases Remaining on Register at 31.12.58 | 257 | 209 | 28 | 22 | 516 |
| *New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1- 5 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-10 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 years | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-20 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20-25 years | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-35 years | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 35-45 years | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45-55 years | 7 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 years | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Over 65 years | 5 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 42 | 24 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | |
*These figures include all cases previously notified and noted by the Tuberculosis
Officer and others as having removed into the district.
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