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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following table shows the new cases notified and the deaths in 1938.
Table No. 52.
| Age Periods | New Cases Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary | Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 5-10 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 25-35 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 35-45 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 45-65 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 65+ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 26 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
Of the 33 deaths, 32—or 27 per cent.—were of notified cases.
The occupations of the new cases were as follows:—
Table No. 53.
| Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Building and decorating trades | 4 | - | - | - |
| School children | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Clerical work | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Clothing and dressmaking | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Domestic duties | - | 6 | - | 2 |
| Factory hands | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Furnishing trades | 2 | - | — | - |
| Sale of food and drinks | 2 | - | - | |
| No occupation | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Various | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 26 | 26 | 3 | 5 |