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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 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.
Table No. 54.
| Year | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated mid-year population (excluding Hanwell Asylum) | 39.030 | 42,280 | 44,180 | 46,000 | 47,200 | 48,760 | 49,600 | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. of new cases notified each year— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 29 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 26 |
| Non-pulmonary | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 69 | 60 | 62 | 55 | 56 | 67 | 60 | |||||||
| Notifications per 100,000 population | 177 | 156 | 140 | 119 | 118 | 137 | 114 | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. of deaths each year— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 14 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Non-plumonary | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 26 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 33 | |||||||
| Deaths per 100,000 population | 67 | 104 | 68 | 63 | 74 | 69 | 62 | |||||||
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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