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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | including long stay hospital deaths | 54 | 57 | 111 | ||
1953 | 63 | 57 | 120 | 54,910 | 2.19 | |
1954 | 72 | 43 | 5 | 54,440 | 2.11 | |
1955 | 60 | 49 | 10? | 53,840 | 2.02 | |
1956 | 67 | 65 | 132 | 53,220 | 2 48 |
Table VII Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1956 (other than Tuberculosis)
Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||
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Under 1year | 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 | — | — | i | 6 | — | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 81 | 3 |
Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | — |
Food Poisoning | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 17 | — |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 61 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | 6 | 23 | — | 2 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 94 | 2 |
Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||||||
Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | i | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — |
Whooping Cough | 13 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 2 | i | _ | 1 | — | 102 | — |
Total | 24 | 23 | 31 | 15 | 28 | 100 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 46 | 56 | 392 | 5 |
Poliomyelitis — Paralytic 2 confirmed cases
I confirmed case
Non-Paralytic I confirmed tonsillitis otitis media
Food Poisoning — 12 cases confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium by bacteriological examination
1 case confirmed Salmonella Derby by bacteriological examination
1 case notified as Enteric confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium by bacteriological
examination
2 cases Food Poisoning confirmed as Sonne Dysentery
Dysentery — 66 cases confirmed Shigella Sonnei from St. Bernard's Hospital
7 cases notified as Dysentery—not confirmed
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