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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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The number of cases of infectious diseases (including Tuberculosis) notified during
the year, according to the locality, are shown below :—

Table: Table IX

Table IX

DiseasesTotalWaxlow ManorNorth-coteHam-broughDormers WellsGlebeNorwood GreenTotal Deaths
Dysentery1211172_—
Encephalitis1---1---
Erysipelas1434-142—
Food Poisoning66246281610—
Malariai————1——
Measles9312181591081561871031
Meningococcal Infection11__----
Pneumonia103512520501150
Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic3—†111——1
Non-Paralytic3—*12———1
Puerperal Pyrexia7_131-2-
Scarlet Fever13122152435287—
Tuberculosis911110192814912
Whooping Cough5631009380108110721
Total192736330124938641221666

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*One case diagnosed subsequently as intra-cranial tumour.
fNot confirmed.

Table: Table XTuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications

Table X

Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications

Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
0-1--------
1-5-1--—-—-
5-10-2——-———
10-1511----——
15-25118---—-—
25-351813-1-———
35-4597—112——
45-65104——5———
65+3—1—22—_
Total52361284--