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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
Hayes and Harlington 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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| Disease | Total Cases Notified | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 97 | 40 |
| Cerebro-spiual Fever | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | - |
| Erysipelas | 10 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - |
| Measles | 308 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 116 | - |
| Dysentery | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | |
| Malaria | - | - |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | - |
| Enteric Fever | - | - |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis lethargica | - | - |
TUBERCULOSIS
New cases and mortality during the year 1949 :
| Age Periods | New Cases | Mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| o-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | -_ |
| 15-25 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | — | |
| 25-35 | 19 | 13 | - | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| 35-45 | 7 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 45-55 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | — |
| 55-65 | 4 | — | - | — | 3 | — | — | |
| 65 and over | — | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 77 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | - |
It has not been found necessary to take any action under
the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925,
relating to tuberculous employees in the milk trade, nor under
the Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172, for the compulsory
removal to hospital of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
August, 1950.
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