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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 1939
[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. 45.
| Year Estimated mid-year population (excluding Hanwell Asylum) | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42,280 | 44,180 | 46,000 | 47,200 | 48,760 | 49,600 | 49,800 | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. of new cases notified each year— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 26 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 14 |
| Non-pulmonary | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 66 | 62 | 55 | 67 | 60 | 45 | ||||||||
| Notifications per 100,000 population | 156 | 140 | 119 | 118 | 137 | 114 | 90 | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| No. of deaths each year— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 18 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 11 |
| Non-pulmonary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 44 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 38 | |||||||
| Deaths per 100,000 population | 104 | 68 | 63 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 76 | |||||||
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172.
Action under these powers was not necessary during the year.
REPORT ON THE BOROUGH ISOLATION HOSPITAL
During the year 138 patients were admitted to the Isolation Hospital as compared
with 351 in 1938. Of these, 117 were sent in as scarlatina (261 in 1938) and 20 as diphtheria
(90 in 1938) and one as chickenpox. Of the cases sent in as scarlatina, 6 were
unconfirmed and were diagnosed as suffering from other diseases. Similarly, of the
cases sent in as diphtheria or suspected diphtheria, 11 were unconfirmed.
The following two tables show the figures for the year and for each month
respectively.
Table No. 46.
| Remaining on 1.1.39 | Admitted during year as | Subsequently diagnosed as | Discharged recovered | Died | Mort. per cent. | Remaining 31.12.39 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlatina | 20 | 117 | 112 | 124 | - | - | 8 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 20 | 9 | 11 | - | - | 1 |
| Chickenpox | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other diseases | 1 | - | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | - |
One death was due to bronchitis and cardiac failure in a male of 70 years, and
the other due to septicaemia and double otitis media in a child of 4½ months.
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