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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 1960
[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:—
T able VIII
| Diseases | Total | Waxlow Manor | North-cote | Ham-brough | Dormers Wells | Glebe | Norwood Green | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 53 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 12 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | - |
| Typhoid Fever (Carrier) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 74 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 14 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 71 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 291 | 68 | 24 | 44 | 65 | 58 | 32 | 8 |
Dysentery 31 Cases confirmed Shigella Sonnei by bacteriological examination.
2 Cases confirmed Shigella Flexneri by bacteriological examination.
16 Cases Pathological investigation gave negative results.
2 Cases originally notified as gastro-enteritis confirmed Shigella Sonnei.
2 Cases originally notified as suspected dysentery confirmed Shigella Sonnei.
4 Cases specimen not provided.
Food Poisoning 1 Case confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium.
Meningococcal Infection Confirmed tonsillitis.
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - |
| 5-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 35-45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 45-65 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | — | - |
| 65+ | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Unknown | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | — | — |
| Total | 47 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - |