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THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHALL, 1958
THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR
*Councillor Johnson Haigh, J.P.
Deputy Mayor:
Councillor T. J. Steele
Aldermen:
†*dane, A. T. (Chairman) *Gardner, F. E. †*LowE, J.
Douglas, H. C. Hopkins, W. H. Salmon, J.
Councillors:
*Barrett, J. Haigh, J., J.P. *Rockhill, F. R. J.
Barton, A. J. †* Jones, Mrs. E. W. Shiel, E. J.
*Cavell, Mrs. I., J.P. Lamb, W. G. *Southey, P. G.
*Cripps, C. B. Love, P. J. Steele, T. J.
Day, F. R. Mee, H. J. Ward, J. H.
*Griffiths, Mrs. M. C. *Pollard, C. J. Woodruff, J. A. T.
*Members of the Public Health Committee.
†Members of the Area Health Committee (Area No. 9).
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Southall.
MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I have the honour to present the 68th Annual Report on the health and circumstances
of the population of the Borough of Southall.
The birth rate continued to rise in 1958, almost reaching post-war level. The death
rate fell, but there was an increase in the number who died from circulatory diseases and
from cancer. Fewer deaths occurred from road accidents. A slight fall occurred in the infant
mortality rate, but there was a considerable rise in the number of premature infants born.
Research would appear to be required into the reason for this, whether the strain of modern
life, or the physical state of the environment, or special nutritional factors are to blame.
The incidence of infectious disease was not high in 1958 apart from the persistence of
measles throughout the year. There were no outbreaks of infectious illness. No diphtheria
was notified, one case of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred. The County Council vaccination
scheme for the prevention of poliomyelitis was greatly expanded in the year and given
precedence over other forms of immunisation; and new sections of the community were
brought into the scheme, including adolescents and young adults. There was a slight fall in
the number of notifications of tuberculosis, and the figure for deaths from tuberculosis in
1958 was the lowest ever recorded in the Borough.
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