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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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TABLE II.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 530 | 8 | 117 | 336 | 41 | 28 | ... | 272 | 135 | 123 | 267 | 133 | 116 |
| Membranous Croup | |||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 89 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 667 | 5 | 113 | 476 | 46 | 26 | 1 | 350 | 194 | 123 | 349 | 194 | 116 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 4 | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 31 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 25 | ... | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... |
| Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 105 | 105 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 16 | ... | 11 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | l | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Influenzal Pneu | 76 | ... | 1 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Acute Primary Pneu | 285 | 43 | 67 | 43 | 22 | 83 | 27 | 139 | 104 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 367 | ... | 5 | 49 | 81 | 226 | 6 | 164 | 105 | 98 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 131 | 7 | 18 | 65 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 69 | 33 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | |
| *Totals | 1,831 | 165 | 303 | 881 | 144 | 295 | 43 | 917 | 568 | 346 | 661 | 354 | 247 |
* The Tuberculosis figures are not included in the totals.