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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
Southall 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following table shows the various infectious diseases (other than tuberculosis)
notified during the year and also their age incidence:—
Table XXV
Notifiable Diseases during the year (other than Tuberculosis)
| Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | |||
| Whooping cough | 10 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 122 | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 67 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 14 | - |
| Measles | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 21 | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 8 | - | ||
| Erysipelas | - | v | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 17 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever, &c. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | - |
The number of cases of infectious diseases (including tuberculosis) notified during
the year, according to their locality, are shown below :—
Table XXVI
| Diseases | Total | Waxlow Manor | North-cote | Hambrough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 67 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 2 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 7 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 43 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 98 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 34 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 121 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Whooping cough | 22 | 40 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 16 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal fever, &c. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 391 | 94 | 54 | 56 | 80 | 58 | 49 | 52 |