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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Dysentery 111 cases Pathological investigation gave negative results.
89 cases Pathological investigation confirmed Shigella Sonnei.
2 cases Pathological investigation confirmed Shigella Flexneri.
12 cases Pathological investigation confirmed Salmonella Heidelberg.
1 case Pathological investigation confirmed Salmonella.
7 cases Pathological investigation confirmed Salmonella Bredeney.
8 cases Specimens not provided.
10 cases Originally notified as gastro-enteritis confirmed Shigella Sonnei.
3 cases Originally notified as? food poisoning confirmed Shigella Sonnei.
1 case Originally notified as suspected dysentery confirmed Shigella Sonnei.
Food Poisoning 3 cases Pathological investigation confirmed Salmonella Typhi Murium.
1 case Originally notified as gastro-enteritis confirmed Salmonella Bredeney.
Table VIII
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-10 | -_ | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 45-65 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 65+ | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total | 38 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |