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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-Norwood 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Deaths from Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 32 ; other forms 3.
The following table shows the new cases notified and the deaths in 1936.
Table No. 50.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 1- | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5- | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 15- | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 25- | 8 | 5 | - | — | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 35- | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 45- | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 55- | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 27 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
Of the 35 deaths, 32—or 9-4 per cent.—were of notified cases.
The occupations of the new cases were as follows:—
Table No. 51.
| Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Building and decorating trades | 4 | — | - | - |
| School children | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Clerical work | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Clothing and dressmaking | - | - | - | - |
| Domestic duties | — | 11 | — | 1 |
| Factory hands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Furnishing trades | — | - | — | - |
| Sale of food and drinks | 1 | - | — | - |
| No occupation | 7 | 3 | - | - |
| Various | 11 | 4 | - | |
| Totals | 27 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
The table hereunder gives the notification rate per 100,000 population
and the mortality rate per 100,000 population during each of the last seven
years.
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