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Tuberculosis
Notifications
Pulmonary
The number of notifications received during the year was 76.
Other Forms
The number of notifications received during the year was 26.
Of the total notifications, which include new cases and inward transfers from other
districts, 87 were received from the Uxbridge Chest Clinic; 6 from General Hospitals;
7 from St. Bernard's Hospital; 1 from a General Practitioner, and 1 from Ealing Chest
Clinic. The number of new notifications rose from 71 in 1962 to 102 in 1963. Of the 102, 37
were inward transfers, i.e. they were not resident in Southall at the time of development of
the disease and, therefore, the actual figure of new notifications of Southall residents was 65;
while in 1962 the number of inward transfers was 31, making the figure for new notifications
of Southall residents 40, less three subsequently cancelled.
Deaths
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, 3; other forms, nil.
For details of new cases notified and deaths in 1963, see Appendix, Table IX,
and for the occupation of new cases, see Appendix, Table X.
The notification figures rose in 1963, pulmonary cases being 17 more and non-pulmonary
14 more than in the previous year. Graph C shows the progress of notifications and
deaths since 1930. There were three deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis as compared with
four in 1962.

*Two subsequently not confirmed as Tuberculosis.
The analysis of the housing conditions of 86 newly notified cases shows that 56 lived
in houses, 3 in flats, 27 in lodgings; information was not available with regard to the other 16
cases for the following reasons: twelve cases were notified from St. Bernard's Hospital, and
four transferred out to other districts. Of the 86 cases above, twenty-five were inward transfers,
i.e. had not contracted the disease in Southall.
There were 8 cases living in overcrowded homes, 7 Indians and one Irish. Overcrowding
was subsequently abated in all these cases.
In thirteen instances there were multiple cases, four in English homes, eight in Indian
homes and one in an Irish home. Statutory overcrowding was confirmed in two of these
houses. The number of patients was two in ten cases, three in two cases, and four in one case.
Of the eight cases of overcrowding with tuberculosis reported in 1962, five had been
abated by the end of 1963, with three remaining still in overcrowded houses.
All cases of overcrowding with tuberculosis found in 1961 had been abated by the end of
1963. In one instance from 1960 of dilapidated housing with tuberculosis, no rehousing had
taken place by the end of the year, although Council Housing had been asked for this family.
The property is to be demolished after the tenants are rehoused.
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