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 XXVII.
School | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria |
---|---|---|
Beaconsfield Road | 10 | - |
County School | - | - |
Clifton Road | 1 | 1 |
Dormers Wells | 2 | 3 |
Featherstone Road | 1 | 3 |
Western Road | 2 | 1 |
North Road | 4 | - |
St. Anselms | 2 | - |
Tudor Road | 7 | 2 |
Lady Margaret Road | 35 | 2 |
Other Schools | 3 | 1 |
67 | 13 |
Table XXVIII.
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0-1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1-5 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
5-10 | 1 | i | — | — | — | — | - | — |
10-15 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
15-25 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | — |
25-35 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | i |
35-45 | 7 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — |
45-65 | 12 | 3 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
65+ | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | — |
Totals | 38 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
Of the 31 deaths, 28—or 9286 per cent.—were of notified cases.
The occupations of the new cases were as follows :—
Table XXIX.
Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Building and decorating trades | 4 | — | — | - |
Schoolchildren | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
Clerical work | 5 | 4 | — | 1 |
Domestic duties | 1 | 17 | - | 3 |
Factory hands | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
No occupation | 2 | — | 3 | 1 |
Various | 15 | 4 | 1 | - |
Totals | 38 | 36 | 9 | 6 |