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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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Table No. 53.
| Year | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated mid-year population (excluding Hanwell Asylum) | 36,432 | 39.030 | 42,280 | 44,180 | 46,000 | 47,200 | 48,760 | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. of new eases notified each year— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 28 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 20 |
| Non-pulmonary | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Total | 66 | 69 | 66 | 62 | 55 | 56 | 67 | |||||||
| Notifications per 100,000 population | 181 | 177 | 156 | 140 | 119 | 118 | 137 | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. of deaths each year— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 10 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Non-pulmonary | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 26 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 34 | |||||||
| Deaths per 100,000 population | 77 | 67 | 104 | 68 | 63 | 74 | 69 | |||||||
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172.
Action under these powers was not necessary during the year.
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