Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1923, 364 cases of Tuberculosis (all forms) were notified
in Battersea, as compared with 411 cases in 1922, 466 in 1921 and
498 in 1920.
In the following table is shown the distribution of the notified cases arranged in the Wards and Sub-Districts of the Borough:—
Classification. | Wards. | Sub-districts. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E. | N.W. | S.W. | |||
Pulmonary | 50 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 117 | 49 | 82 | ||
Non-Pulmonary | 27 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 16 | ||
Totals | 77 | 43 | 43 | 32 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 174 | 92 | 98 | ||
The Borough | Pulmonary | 248 | Non-Pulmonary | 116 | Total | 364 |
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the ca6es of Tuberculosis notified in each Ward during 1923:—
Ward. | Ages: | Total, all ages. | Grand Total. | Rate per 100,000 population. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under l yr. | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 up | M. | F. | |||
1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 277 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 43 | 232 |
3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 43 | 221 |
4 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 204 |
5 | - | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | - | 18 | 13 | 31 | 165 |
6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 205 |
7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 138 |
8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 212 |
9 | - | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 197 |
5 | 25 | 69 | 71 | 127 | 56 | 11 | 214 | 150 | 364 | 213 | |
Rate per 10 0,000 population in each age group | |||||||||||
135 | 225 | 208 | 240 | 251 | 171 | 112 | 267 | 166 | 213 | — |