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Battersea 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1932, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. 1 | Districts. | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | 7 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 56 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 43 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 182 | 130 | 312 |
| Erysipelas | 18 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 36 | 92 |
| Scarlet Fever | 87 | 88 | 60 | 62 | 75 | 57 | 23 | 50 | 43 | 310 | 235 | 545 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 50 | 37 | 55 | 22 | 39 | 45 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 181 | 118 | 299 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| *Whooping Cough | 110 | 73 | 128 | 48 | 127 | 104 | 38 | 96 | 59 | 438 | 345 | 783 |
| *Measles | 510 | 299 | 211 | 244 | 297 | 419 | 129 | 233 | 132 | 1,317 | 1,157 | 2,474 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 37 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 35 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 123 | 123 | 246 |
| Totals | 889 | 597 | 550 | 446 | 637 | 736 | 260 | 458 | 314 | 2,673 | 2,214 | 4,887 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.