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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Table VI Deaths from Cancer
Year | Male | Female | Total | Estimated Population | Rate per 1,000 population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 1.95 | |
1944 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 48,970 | 1.41 | |
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 | 1.49 | |
1949 | 46 | 54 | 100 | 56,350 | 1.77 | |
1950 | 52 | 38 | 90 | 56,310 | 1.60 | |
1951 | 48 | 46 | 94 | 55,620 | 1.69 | |
1952 | 46 | 49 | 95 | 55,430 | 2.01 | |
1952.1 | including long stay hospital deaths | 54 | 57 | 111 | ||
1953 | 63 | 57 | 120 | 54,910 | 2.19 | |
1954 | 72 | 43 | 115 | 54,440 | 2.11 | |
1955 | 60 | 49 | 109 | 53,840 | 2.02 |
Table VII
Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1955 (other than Tuberculosis)
Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 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 | — | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17* | — |
Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | — |
Food Poisoning | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 19† | — |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 27 | 105 | 143 | 145 | 206 | 680 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1,329 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Pneumonia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 28 | 145 | 2 |
Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 9 | — |
Non.Paralytic | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | — | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 + | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 109 | — |
Total | 42 | 125 | 162 | 166 | 234 | 780 | 24 | 36 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 31 | 1,701 | 4 |
8 notified as bacillary dysentery from St. Bernard's 16 confirmed Salmonella typhi murium by
Hospital. bacteriological examination.
2 notified as Sonne dysentery from University College ‡1 case diagnosed as streptococcal ton.
Hospital. sillitis.
Paralytic Poliomyelitis Non.Paralytic Poliomyelitis
5 confirmed cases—2 died. 12 cases confirmed including 1 clinically.
3 non.paralytic cases confirmed paralytic. 1 case notified as paralytic confirmed non.paralytic.
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