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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Deaths from Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 27 ; other forms 7.
The following table shows the new cases notified and the deaths in 1937.
Table No. 51.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0- | ||||||||
| 1- | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5- | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | ||
| 15- | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 25- | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 35- | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 45- | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 55- | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 65 and upwards | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 31 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| Of the 34 deaths, 31—or 91 per cent.- —were of notified cases. | ||||||||
The occupations of the new cases were as follows:—
Table No. 52.
| Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Building and decorating trades | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| School children | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Clerical work | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Clothing and dressmaking | - | 1 | - | - |
| Domestic duties | - | 8 | - | - |
| Factory hands | 6 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Furnishing trades | - | - | - | - |
| Sale of food and drinks | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| No occupation | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Various | 13 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Totals | 31 | 20 | 7 | 9 |
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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