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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 1957
[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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 115 | 54,440 | 2.11 | |
| 1955 | 60 | 49 | 109 | 53,840 | 2.02 | |
| 1956 | 67 | 65 | 132 | 53,220 | 2.48 | |
| 1957 | 58 | 55 | 113 | 53,000 | 2.13 | |
Table VII
Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1957 (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 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | - | 28 | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 9 | - |
| Measles | 14 | 60 | 75 | 75 | 97 | 343 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 674 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 92 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 34 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 79 | - | |
| Total | 34 | 71 | 85 | 92 | 117 | 401 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 20 | 929 | 6 |
Dysentery — 4 cases confirmed Shigella Sonnei by bacteriological examination
1 case confirmed Salmonella Newcastle Manchester variety
7 cases notified from St. Bernard's Hospital as Shigella Sonnei
2 cases originally notified as suspected food poisoning confirmed Shigella Sonnei
2 cases originally notified as enteritis confirmed Shigella Sonnei
Food Poisoning — 4 cases confirmed Salmonella Bredeney by bacteriological examination
1 case confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium
Poliomyelitis — Paralytic 1 confirmed case
Non-Paralvric J 1 case confirmed Bell's Palsy
Non 1 aralytic j I cas(, confirmed Acute Coryza
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