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Battersea 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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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 1932.

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 1932.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in the Borough of Battersea.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 to 5 years.5 to 15 years.15 to 25 years.25 to 65 years.65 years and upwards.n.S.N.S.
Small-pox131435...103103
Diphtheria3126931841811...182130181130
Membranous Croup..............................
Erysipelas923371751...56363715
Scarlet Fever54521443353826...310235307225
Enteric Fever3.........21...33
Continued Fever.................................
Puerperal Fever4.........22...2222
Puerperal Pyrexia14.........212...9584
Meningococcal Meningitis8233.........3534
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3030...............141623
Polio-myelitis, &c...............................
Encephalitis Lethargica..............................
Polio-encephalitis..............................
Malaria4............4......41
Dysentery..............................
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia60...248351128321416
Acute Primary Pneumonia299226446341033018111810473
Totals1,3846531058312425052795589668479
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary193......558125592101......
Non-Pulmonary53...71772023122......
Totals (Tuberculosis)246...722651457123123.......
Totals1,6306531760518939559918712668479
Whooping-cough*783724692373114383456138
Measles*2,4741111,2371,1022131,3171,157203144
Grand Totals4,8872482,0231,944213399602,6732,214932661

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* Notifiable in Batter sea from 24th April, 1922