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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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| PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | GRAND TOTAL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Already on Register, 31/12/53 | 621 | 508 | 1,129 | 39 | 80 | 119 | 660 | 588 | 1,248 |
| Primary notifications | 66 | 62 | 128 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| Notified after death | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Unnotified deaths | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Restored | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Removals into Borough | 32 | 38 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 40 | 74 |
| From other sections | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL ADDITIONS | 100 | 105 | 205 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 107 | 116 | 223 |
| Deaths | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 22 | |
| Notified after death | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Unnotified deaths | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Removals from Borough | 58 | 43 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 46 | 109 |
| Recovered | 10 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 41 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| To other sections | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL DELETIONS | 87 | 71 | 158 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 98 | 89 | 187 |
| Net increase | 13 | 34 | 47 | — | — | _ | 9 | 27 | 36 |
| Net decrease | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — |
| On Register at 31/12/54 | 634 | 542 | 1,176 | 35 | 73 | 108 | 669 | 615 | 1,284 |