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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in Battersea. 1920.
| Wards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1Nine Elms. | No. 2 Park. | No. 3 Latchmere. | No. 4Shaftesbury. | No. 5 Church. | No. 6Winstanley. | No. 7 St. John. | No. 8Bolingbroke. | No. 9Broomwood. | Totals. | |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 73 | 82 | 59 | 80 | 45 | 73 | 22 | 56 | 40 | 530 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 89 |
| Scarlet Fever | 166 | 85 | 49 | 78 | 73 | 94 | 24 | 42 | 56 | 667 |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 32 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 105 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| Polio-myelitis | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
| Malaria | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 52 | 40 | 43 | 25 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 285 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 76 |
| 358 | 253 | 200 | 203 | 199 | 279 | 74 | 124 | 141 | 1831 | |