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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

Battersea 1921

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921

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Table: TABLE II. (Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1921.

TABLE II. (Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1921.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in the Borodgh of Battersea.Total Cases Notified in each SUB-dIstrIct.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Sob-District.
At all Ages.At Ages.E.N.W.S.W.EN.W.S.W.
Under 1 year.'l to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 years and upwards.
Small-pox.......................................
Cholera....................................
Diphtheria709121444785025...200327182198326177
Membranous Croup431.........112111
Erysipelas753110648...2734146......
Scarlet Fever1374818798313561...407625342394623321
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever8......233...332231
Puerperal Fever15......213...654533
Cerebro-spinal Fever31......11...2121...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum6161...............26296131
Polio-myelitis, &c.2...11.........111......
Encephalitis Lethargica12...1155...246144
Polio-encephalitis.......................................
Malaria11.........47...3531......
Dysentery2............2......11.........
Trench Fever .......................................
Acute Influenzal Pneu86541014476403610383
Acute Primary Pneu2492767341978241328532393110
Totals261111740815202392903785011566056541003523
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary33719338820061749964.........
Non-pulmonary1292197811163594822.........
Totals (Tuberculosis)46632811199216923314786.........
Grand Totals3077120436163133850646108313036916541003523