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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
Southgate 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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| Disease | Jan.— March | April— June | July— Sept. | Oct.— Dec. | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 7 | 5 | - | 19 |
| Measles | — | 24 | 15 | 4 | 43 |
| Pertussis | 11 | 23 | 78 | 38 | 150 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis: | |||||
| Paralytic | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Dysentery | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 39 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria (contracted in Kenya) | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||
| Pulmonary | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 60 | 84 | 131 | 74 | 349 |
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Cases on Register at 1/1/56 | 319 | 275 | 35 | 29 | 658 |
| Cases notified for first time in 1956 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 49 |
| Cases Restored to Register | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Other Cases added | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Cases Removed from Register | 39 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 70 |
| Cases Remaining on Register at 31/12/56 | 315 | 276 | 40 | 33 | 664 |
| *New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1- 5 years | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 5-10 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 years | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-20 years | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20-25 years | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25-35 years | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35-45 years | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45-55 years | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 55-65 years | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Over 65 years | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 34 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — |
These figures include all cases previously notified and noted by the Tuberculosis
Officer and others as having removed into the district.
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