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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
Uxbridge 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge]
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3. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
| Notifiable Disease. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | AT AGES—YEARS. | |||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 19 | ... | 7 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 3 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 53 | ... | 11 | 37 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 52 | 1 | ||
| Enteric Fever(including Paratyphoid) | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Pneumonia | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Erysipelas | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| T uberculosis | ||||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | M | 10 | ||||||||||
| do. | F | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| — | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ... | 11 | ... | ||
| (b) Non-pulmonary | M | 0 | ... | |||||||||
| do. | F | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
Ratio of non-notified Tubercular deaths to total Tubercular deaths 3:7.
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | CASES. | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated. | |||||||
| Notified. | At Home | In Hospital | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |