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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 1956
[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:—
| Diseases | Total | Waxlow Manor | North-cote | Ham-brough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 81 | 8 | 2 | 70 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 17 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 10 | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 61 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 9 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 94 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||
| Paralytic | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — |
| T uberculosis | 85 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | 102 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 12 | — |
| Total | 477 | 59 | 53 | 68 | 170 | 75 | 52 | 14 |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic 2 confirmed cases
Non- Paralytic i confirmed case
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
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
Table IX
Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pi | lmonary | ||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | |
| 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 10-15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| 15-25 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 | 19 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35-5 | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 45-65 | 14 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 65+ | 4 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Unknown | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | - | — | — |
| Total | 53 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - |