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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 1957
[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 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 69 |
| Measles | 476 | 468 | 29 | — | 973 |
| Pertussis | 42 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 73 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | 1 | — | 8 | — | 9 |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||
| Pulmonary | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Total | 571 | 544 | 77 | 24 | 1,216 |
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Cases on Register at 1.1.57 | 315 | 276 | 40 | 33 | 664 |
| Cases notified for the first time | |||||
| in 1957 | 27 | 11 | — | 4 | 42 |
| Cases Restored to Register | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Other Cases Added | 13 | 12 | — | 1 | 26 |
| Cases Removed from Register | 87 | 77 | 13 | 18 | 195 |
| Cases Remaining on Register | |||||
| at 31.12.57 | 269 | 223 | 27 | 20 | 539 |
| *New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-5 years | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5-10 years | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-20 years | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20-25 years | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-35 years | 10 | 12 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 35-45 years | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 45-55 years | 5 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 years | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Over 65 years | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | — | _ | — |
| Unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 42 | 24 | — | 5 | 7 | 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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