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Southall 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following information supplied by the Area Medical Officer shows the number of children immunised against diphtheria during the year.
| Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation in Southall during the year | Number of Children who were given Secondary or Reinforcing Injection during the year (i.e. having in a previous year received a complete full course) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages at Date of Final Injection | ||||
| Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | Total | |
| 475 | 5 | 63 | ||
In the following table is shown the number of children at 31st December, 1958, who had completed a course of immunisation against diphtheria at any time before that date:—
| Age at 31.12.58: | Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | Total under 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | 1,965 | 3,911 | 8,753 |
There was a slight rise in the number of children receiving primary immunisation
against diphtheria during the year. The total protected children, i.e. children under 15
who have had at least one full course of immunisation in their lives, is slightly down, from
8,766 in 1957 to 8,753 in 1958.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
No case of ophthalmia neonatorum was notified during the year.
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
The number of new cases notified during the year was 69.
Other Forms of Tuberculosis
The number of new cases notified during the year was 11.
Of the total notifications, which include new cases and inward transfers from other
districts, 5 were received from medical practitioners; 49 from the Uxbridge Chest Clinic;
13 from General Hospitals; and 13 from St. Bernard's Hospital.
Deaths from Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, 4; other forms, 1.
For details of new cases notified and deaths in 1958, see Appendix, Table IX, and for
the occupation of new cases see Appendix, Table X.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172
Action under these powers was not necessary during the year.
The number of new notifications fell from 87 in 1957 to 80 in 1958. Of the 80, 25
were inward transfers, i.e. they were not resident in Southall at the time of development of
the disease, and, therefore, the actual figure of new notifications of Southall residents was
55, while in 1957 the number of inward transfers was 30, making the figure for new
notifications of Southall residents 57.
1958 was a better year for tuberculosis. The number of notifications of new cases in
the Borough dropped again to a small extent after falling slightly the previous year, and an
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