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 XXV
School | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria |
---|---|---|
Beaconsfield Road | 3 | - |
County School | - | - |
Clifton Road | 11 | - |
Dormers Wells | 2 | - |
Featherstone Road | 11 | - |
Western Road | 2 | - |
North Road | 4 | - |
St. Anselms | - | |
Tudor Road | 6 | - |
Lady Margaret Road | 8 | - |
Other Schools | 1 | - |
48 | - |
Table XXVI
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0-1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
1-5 | - | 2 | - | - | — | 1 | — | — |
5-10 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
10-15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
15-25 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
25-35 | 9 | 13 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
35-45 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
45-65 | 9 | 7 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - |
65+ | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Totals | 56 | 57 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | - | 2 |
Of the 2 deaths, both were of notified cases.
Table XXVII The occupations of the new cases were as follows:—
Occupations | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Building and decorating trades | 2 | - | - | - |
Schoolchildren | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
Clerical work | 5 | 4 | - | - |
Domestic duties | - | 19 | - | 3 |
Factory hands | 5 | 5 | _ | 2 |
No occupation | 9 | 9 | — | 2 |
Various | 32 | 11 | 3 | - |
Totals | 56 | 57 | 5 | 9 |