London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates | Previous to 1921 | 1921—6. | 1927 | 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. minus | Class T.B. plus | ||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | ||||||||
| 1 (a) Remaining on Dispensary Register on 31st December. | Disease arrested. | Adults— | M. | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| F. | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | |||
| Children | 14 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Disease not arrested. | Adults— | M. | 4 | 11 | 5 | - | 16 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 15 | - | 22 | |
| F. | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Children | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Condition not ascertained during the year | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Total on Dispensary Register at 31st December | 50 | 20 | 14 | 35 | 42 | 28 | 47 | 5 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 37 | ||||
| All classes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discharged as recovered. | Adults— | M. | - | - | - | - | 56 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | - | - | - | - | 65 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Children | - | - | - | - | 224 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Lost sight of or otherwise removed from Dispensary Register | _ | _ | _ | _ | 579 | 105 | 51 | 105 | 39 | 195 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 32 | |||
| DEAD. | Adults— | M. | 246 | 26 | 23 | 144 | 154 | 321 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 41 | |||||
| F. | - | - | - | - | 183 | 14 | 14 | 68 | 112 | 194 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 45 | ||||
| Children | - | - | - | — | 42 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | — | — | — | |||
| Total written off Dispensary Register | — | — | — | — | 1395 | 175 | 94 | 323 | 311 | 728 | 28 | 5 | 70 | 44 | 119 | 24 | 13 | 51 | 54 | 118 | |||
| Grand Totals | — | — | — | — | 1480 | 217 | 122 | 370 | 316 | 808 | 41 | 10 | 84 | 46 | 140 | 42 | 21 | 78 | 56 | 155 | |||