London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following table shows the various infectious diseases (other than tuberculosis)
notified during the year and also their age incidence :—
Table XXIII
Notifiable Diseases during the year (other than Tuberculosis)
| Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | |||
| Whooping cough | 25 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 211 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 110 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| Measles | 32 | 114 | 100 | 113 | 115 | 338 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 825 | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 27 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
The number of cases of infectious diseases (including tuberculosis) notified during the
year, according to their locality, are shown below :—
Table XXIV
| Diseases | Total | Waxlow Manor | North-cote | Ham-trough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 110 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 27 | - |
| Diphtheria | 7 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | - |
| Pneumonia | 69 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 27 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | — | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 127 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 4 | 3 | - | 7 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Measles | 825 | 158 | 87 | 97 | 172 | 189 | 122 | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 211 | 28 | 22 | 34 | 25 | 60 | 42 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever,&c. | 2 | - | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1,377 | 239 | 148 | 165 | 261 | 341 | 223 | 50 |