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Southall 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table V11 Deaths from Cancer
| Year | Male | Female | Total | Estimated Population | Rate per 1,000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 35,340 | 1.27 | |
| 1929 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 35,370 | 0.62 | |
| 1930 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 37.560 | 1.22 | |
| 1931 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 39,280 | 1.22 | |
| 1932 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 41,530 | 1.08 | |
| 1933 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 44,780 | 1.13 | |
| 1934 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 46,693 | 1.04 | |
| 1935 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 48,270 | 1.18 | |
| 1936 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 49,550 | 1.05 | |
| 1937 | 42 | 28 | 70 | 51,560 | 1.35 | |
| 1938 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 52,400 | 0.51 | |
| 1939 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 52,430 | 1.41 | |
| 1940 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 51,670 | 1.23 | |
| 1941 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 50,280 | 1.41 | |
| 1942 | 34 | 38 | 72 | 50,350 | 1.43 | |
| 1943 | 51 | 46 | 97 | 49,730 | 195 | |
| 1944 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 48,970 | 141 | |
| 1945 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 49,880 | 1.88 | |
| 1946 | 40 | 54 | 94 | 54,440 | 1.64 | |
| 1947 | 45 | 32 | 77 | 56,240 | 1.36 | |
| 1948 | 48 | 36 | 84 | 56,130 | 149 | |
| 1949 | 46 | 54 | 100 | 56,350 | 1.77 | |
| 195° | 52 | 38 | 90 | 56,310 | 160 | |
| 1951 | 48 | 46 | 94 | 55,620 | 1.69 | |
| 1952 | 46 | 49 | 95 | 55,430 | 201 | |
| 1952 | including long stay hospital deaths | 54 | 57 | 111 | ||
| 63 | 57 | 120 | 54,910 | 2.19 | ||
| 1953 | ||||||
Table V111
Notifiable Diseases during the Year (other than Tuberculosis)
| Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under i 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 | . | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | — |
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | — |
| Food Poisoning | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 66 | — |
| Malaria | — | . | . | — | . | — | . | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Measles | 26 | 73 | 126 | 117 | 124 | 449 | 11 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 931 | 1 |
| Meningococcal 1nfection | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 20 | 103 | 50 |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | .— | — | —. | — | — | 1 | —. | 1 | — | —. | —. | —. | 3 | 1 |
| Non.Paralytic | .— | — | —. | — | — | 1 | *2 | .— | .— | —. | —. | .— | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | —. | .— | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7 | —. |
| Scarlet Fever | . | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 131 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 37 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 66 | 300 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 8 | — | — | 563 | 1 |
| Total | 66 | 121 | 183 | 182 | 203 | 863 | 41 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 46 | 33 | 1,836 | 54 |
*One case diagnosed subsequently as intra cranial tumour.
†Not confirmed.
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