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 Southall]
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The number of eases of infectious diseases (including tuberculosis)
notified during the year, according to their locality, are shown below:—
Table No. 48.
Diseases | Total Waxlow | Manor | North-cote | Ham-brough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Admitted to Hospital | Total deaths | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet fever | 141 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 37 | 21 | 132 | - |
Diphtheria | 119 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 32 | 119 | 6 |
Puerperal fever | 10 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9* | - |
Puerperal pyrexia | |||||||||
Pneumonia | 61 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 33* | 25 |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1* | - | |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1* | - |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 67 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 10 | - | 34 |
Anterior-poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 9* | - |
Enteric fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1* | - |
Dysentery | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1* | - |
Totals | 420 | 61 | 79 | 57 | 61 | 86 | 76 | 306 | 65 |
* To London hospitals and institutions outside the district. |
Cases of infectious diseases occurred during the year among school children as follows:—
Table No. 49.
School | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria |
---|---|---|
Beaconsfield Road | 9 | 1 |
Biscoe's School, Church of England | - | 4 |
Clifton Road | 15 | 16 |
County School | 1 | - |
Dormers Wells | 11 | 11 |
Featherstone Road | 6 | 5 |
North Road | 11 | 10 |
St. Anselm's R.C. | 5 | 2 |
Talbot Road Special School | - | 1 |
Technical School, Acton | 1 | - |
Tudor Road | 10 | 18 |
Western Road | 7 | 3 |
Miss Abdo's, Portland Road | - | - |
Beaconsfield Road Preparatory School | - | - |
Crosby House | - | |
Norwood Green Preparatory School | 1 | - |
Southall P.N.E.U. School | - | - |
Southall Preparatory School | 2 | |
Ravenor Park School, Greenford | 1 | - |
78 | 73 |
Infectious Disease Visits.
During the year, the Health Visitors paid 1,255 visits with reference to
cases of infectious disease. One thousand, one hundred and fifteen swabs were
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