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Southall 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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

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

Table VIII

DiseasesTotalWaxlow ManorNorth-coteHam-broughDormers WellsGlebeNorwood GreenTotal Deaths
Dysentery115798111106_
Encephalitis-——-——--
Erysipelas10—-1342-
Food Poisoning‡4535—3511—
Malaria1-———1-
Measles4163216311-
Meningococcal Infection21--1---
Paratyphoid1----1--
Pneumonia10011127322711—
Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic21--1——1
Non-Paralytic41—‡1*11—-
Puerperal Pyrexia--—---—-
Scarlet Fever1011531812§3617-
Tuberculosis78131572311913
Whooping Cough65548181515-
Total56513550551431097314
†Finally diagnosed as influenza. *Not confirmed. §One case finally diagnosed as follicular tonsillitis. ‡Only one was bacteriologically positive, the organism found was salmonella typhi-murium.

Table: Table IXTuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications

Table IX

Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications

Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
0-1 1-------
1-5 ————————
5-10..12-------
10-15 --------
15-25 410-1----
25-35 196121i--
35-45 63-12---
45-65 942——i-—
65+ 7--7--1
Total 482334102-1