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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 1959
[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, is shown below:—
Table VIII
| Diseases | Total | Waxlow Manor | Northcote | Hambrough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 38 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 4 | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | 3 | 7 | - |
| Measles | 674 | 75 | 166 | 106 | 71 | 184 | 72 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 48 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 124 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 26 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 79 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 15 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 85 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 1,074 | 126 | 210 | 157 | 162 | 278 | 141 | 5 |
Dysentery 15 Cases confirmed Shigella Sonnei
1 Case confirmed amoebic dysentery
2 Cases originally notified as dysentery confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium
and Salmonella Thomson
6 Cases originally notified as gastro-enteritis confirmed Shigella Sonnei
Food Poisoning 8 Cases confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium
2 Cases confirmed Salmonella St. Paul
2 Cases originally notified as gastro-enteritis confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium
1 Case originally notified as suspected food poisoning confirmed
Table IX
Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 | 6 | 12 | 2 | - | — | - | - | - |
| 35-45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | — | - |
| 45-65 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 65+ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total | 38 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - |