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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following table gives details of the percentage of children successfully vaccinated
during the last seven years:—
Table No. 34.
| Year | Live Births | Vaccination Certificates | Exemptions | Percentage of vaccinations to live births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 759 | 282 | 259 | 37 |
| 1935 | 809 | 301 | 286 | 37 |
| 1936 | 797 | 312 | 299 | 39 |
| 1937 | 814 | 287 | 309 | 35 |
| 1938 | 825 | 265 | 298 | 32 |
| 1939 | 805 | 278 | 285 | 34 |
| 1940 | 717 | 289 | 184 | 40 |
| 1941 | 713 | 267 | 173 | 37 |
Disinfection.
In cases of infectious disease, rooms, clothing, etc., are disinfected—rooms by
sealing and fumigating with formalin or a formalin preparation; clothing, bedding,
etc., and infected articles which can be removed for steam disinfection, by treatment in
the disinfector at the hosDital.
List of premises, articles, etc., disinfected during the year:—
Rooms 124
Beds 186
Blankets 488
Bolsters 109
Books187
Covers 141
Eiderdowns 52
Pillows 466
Sheets 325
Miscellaneous 450
Total 2,528
The following articles were destroyed: 11 mattresses, 4 pillows, 2 blankets,
12 articles of clothing.
Cancer.
It will be seen by the table of causes of death (page 7) that in 1941, 71 cases
(34 males, 37 females) died from cancer. The following table shows the number of
deaths from cancer (male and female). It will be seen that in 1941 there was an
increase in the cancer mortality.
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