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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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Table No. 42.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1-5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5-10 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 10-15 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15-25 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | 1 |
| 25-35 | 10 | 9 | 1 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 2 |
| 35-45 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 1 |
| 45-65 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 65+ | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 33 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | – | 4 |
Of the 38 deaths, 25—or 65 per cent.—were of notified cases.
The occupations of the new cases were as follows :—
Table No. 43.
| Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Building and decorating trades | 6 | – | 1 | –_ |
| Schoolchildren | 2 | 3 | – | 1 |
| Clerical work | 3 | 2 | – | 1 |
| Domestic duties | – | 10 | – | – |
| Factory hands | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| No occupation | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| Various | 13 | 5 | 2 | – |
| Totals | 33 | 26 | 3 | 2 |
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 126 patients were admitted to the Isolation Hospital as compared
with 119 in 1940. Of these, 56 were sent in as scarlatina (52 in 1940) and 59 as diphtheria
(55 in 1940), 4 as measles, and 6 as scabies and impetigo. Of the cases sent in as
scarlatina, 3 were unconfirmed. Similarly, of the cases sent in as diphtheria or suspected
diphtheria, 8 were unconfirmed.
The following two tables show the figures for the year and for each month
respectively.
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