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 Southall]
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Cases of infectious diseases occurred during the year among schoolchildren as
follows :—
Table XXVII.
School | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria |
---|---|---|
Beacons field Road | 7 | 1 |
County School | - | — |
Clifton Road | 3 | — |
Dormers Wells | 3 | i |
Feather stone Road | 5 | — |
North Road | 7 | — |
St. Ansel's | 3 | — |
Tudor Road | 12 | — |
Western Road | 10 | i |
Lady Margaret Road | 19 | — |
Other Schools | 3 | i |
72 | 4 |
Table XXVIII.
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0-1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
1-5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5-10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10-15 | i | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
15-25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
25-35 | 12 | 9 | i | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
35-45 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
45-65 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — |
65+ | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Totals | 33 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | — |
Of the 20 deaths, 18—or 86 per cent.— were of notified cases. |
The occupations of the new cases were as follows :—
Table XXIX.
Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Building and decorating trades | 4 | — | — | — |
Schoolchildren | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ |
Clerical work | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Domestic duties | — | 8 | — | 2 |
Factory hands | 10 | 7 | — | — |
No occupation | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
Various | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 33 | 34 | 4 | 4 |