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THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHALL, 1959
THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR
*Councillor T. J. Steele, J.P.
Deputy Mayor:
*Councillor J. H. Ward
Aldermen:
†*Dane, A. T. (Chairman) Gardner, F. E. Love, P. J.
Douglas, H. C. Hopkins, W. H. Salmon, J.
Councillors:
*Barrett, J. *Haigh, J. Sheil, E. J.
*Cavell, Mrs. I., J.P. †*JoNES, Mrs. E. W. †*Southey, P. G.
Cripps, C. B. Lamb, W. G. *Steele, T. J., J.P.
Day, F. R. Mee, H. J. *Ward, E.
*Errington, F. G. *Pollard, C. J. Ward, J. H.
*Griffiths, Mrs. M. C. *Rockhill, F. R. 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 69th Annual Report on the health and circumstances
of the population of the Borough of Southall.
The birth rate, which had been rising, decreased in 1959 and there was a slight fall in
the number of premature infants born. The number of deaths occurring during the year
was very slightly increased over the 1958 figure, but it is interesting to note a considerable
drop in the number of deaths from cancer, which were 139 in 1958 and 115 in 1959. The
number of deaths from tuberculosis was the lowest yet recorded. There was the same total
of infant deaths as during the previous year.
Infectious disease was not a great problem in 1959. The comparative figures showed
an increase over the previous year, most of which was due to measles. No notifications of
diphtheria were received, and for the first year since notification was first made compulsory,
no case of poliomyelitis was notified. One disturbing factor in the infectious disease table
was that scarlet fever incidence rose for the second year in succession. Tuberculosis notifications
showed an increase.
At the beginning of the year it seemed as if influenza was going to assume epidemic
proportions, and indeed the number suffering from this disease in its milder form was
considerable, but a major epidemic of influenza did not occur.
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