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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The following table shows the various infectious diseases (other than Tuberculosis)
notified during the year and also their age incidence:-
Table IX
Notifiable Diseases during the Year (other than Tuberculosis)
Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 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 | |||
Dysentery | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 72 | 22 | 11 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 226 | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - |
Food Poisoning | - | 1 | i | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33 | - |
Measles | 53 | 99 | 143 | 171 | 206 | 433 | 18 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1,129 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Pneumonia | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 23 | 109 | - |
Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 11 | - | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 11 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 87 | - |
Whooping Cough | 18 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 31 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 222 | - |
Totals | 76 | 134 | 195 | 231 | 270 | 656 | 54 | 34 | 66 | 46 | 46 | 27 | 1,835 | - |
The number of cases of infectious diseases (including Tuberculosis) notified during
the year, according to their locality, are shown below:-
Table X
Diseases | Total | Waxlow Manor | Northcote | Hambrough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dysentery | 226 | 13 | 51 | 71 | 40 | 36 | 15 | - |
Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Food Poisoning | 33 | 1 | 4 | - | 25 | 3 | - | - |
Measles | 1,129 | 264 | 107 | 64 | 182 | 314 | 198 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 109 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 17 | - |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N on-Paralytic | 10 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | |
Scarlet Fever | 87 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | - |
Tuberculosis | 80 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
Whooping Cough | 222 | 56 | 3i | 25 | 50 | 40 | 20 | - |
Totals | I,9I5 | 398 | 252 | 204 | 353 | 440 | 268 | 18 |