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 Southgate]
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Jan.— March | April— June | July-Sept. | Oct.— Dec. | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 24 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 51 |
Pertussis | 6 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 55 |
Poliomyelitis: | |||||
Paralytic | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Non-paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Measles | J | 5 | 18 | 2 | 28 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
Dysentery | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 52 |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid B. | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis: | |||||
Pulmonary | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 35 |
Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 76 | 89 | 64 | 47 | 276 |
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
Cases on Register at 1/1/54 | 338 | 275 | 47 | 46 | 706 |
Cases notified for first time in 1954 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 42 |
Cases Restored to Register | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
Other Cases added | 15 | 15 | 1 | — | 31 |
Cases Removed from Register | 25 | 20 | — | 1 | 46 |
Cases remaining on Register at 31/12/54 | 353 | 284 | 50 | 50 | 737 |