Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Cases of infectious diseases occurred during the year among schoolchildren as follows:—
Table No. XXVII.
School | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria |
---|---|---|
Beaconsfield Road | 7 | - |
Clifton Road | 3 | - |
Dormers Wells | 3 | 4 |
Featherstone Road | 3 | 1 |
North Road | 4 | - |
Tudor Road | 7 | -_ |
Western Road | 4 | -_ |
Lady Margaret Road | 7 | 1 |
Other Schools | 22 | 3 |
60 | 9 |
Table No. XXVIII.
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0-1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1-5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
5-10 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
10-15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
15-25 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | — | — |
25-35 | 8 | 6 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | — | 1 |
35-45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
45-65 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
65+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 26 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Of the 31 deaths, 25—or 86 per cent.—were of notified cases.
The occupations of the new cases were as follows :—
Table No. XXIX.
Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Building and decorating trades | 4 | _ | 1 | — |
Schoolchildren | — | _ | _ | — |
Clerical work | — | 5 | — | — |
Domestic duties | — | 6 | — | 1 |
Factory hands | 6 | — | 1 | 3 |
No occupation | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Various | 13 | 7 | i | — |
Totals | 25 | 26 | 7 | 6 |