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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Infectious Diseases. The following table shows the number of (corrected) cases notified during 1949 and, for the purposes of comparison, the average number f cases notified annually in the five years, 1944-1948:—
| Notified 1949 | Average 1944/48 | |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 5 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | 31 | 36 |
| Scarlet Fever | 263 | 183 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 13 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 2 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 15 |
| Polio-encephalitis | 2 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 28 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — |
| Malaria | — | 5 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 13 |
| Pneumonia | ||
| (Acute Primary) | 71 | 111 |
| (Acute Influenzal) | 8 | 21 |
| Scabies | 51 | 481 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 227 | 437 |
| Measles | 1,203 | 982 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 194 | 197 |
| Totals | 2,118 | 2,542 |
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation,
Smallpox Vaccination.
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough immunisation, and vaccination
against Smallpox was carried out throughout the year at Southlands,
under the control of the London County Council.
I am indebted to Dr. Bertha E. A. Sharpe, Divisional Medical
Officer, No. 9 Division, who supplied the following information
relating to Battersea cases:—
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation.
| Sessions held | 121 |
| Diphtheria | 197 |
| Diphtheria and Whooping Cough combined | 737 |
| Whooping Cough | 465 |
| Vaccination. | |
| Sessions held | 51 |
| Completed cases | 522 |