Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Years). | ||||||||||
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0— | 1— | 3— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 65 & over | Total | |
Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
Scarlet fever | — | 4 | 15 | 44 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 69 | |
Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | ||
Meningococcal infection | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Polio-myelitis:— | |||||||||||
Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Non-paralytic | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
Acute Encephalitis: — | |||||||||||
Infective | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Post-infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Dysentery | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 23 |
Acute primary pneumonia | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 36 |
Acute influenzal pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Scabies | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 12 | |
Food poisoning | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 14 |
Whooping cough | 17 | 25 | 36 | 37 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 116 | |
Measles | 14 | 40 | 37 | 96 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 192 |
Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
Pulmonary | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 128 |
N on-pulmonary | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 12 |
Totals | 40 | 85 | 97 | 204 | 23 | 49 | 51 | 33 | 43 | 23 | 648 |