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Battersea 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Analysis of Cases (after Correction of Diagnosis) of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1958.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Years) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10- | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65 &over | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 195 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 60 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 5 |
| Encephalitis (acute):— | ||||||||||||
| Infective | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Post-infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric (typhoid or paratyphoid) fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Food poisoning | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 614 | 16 | 53 | 79 | 77 | 86 | 291 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Membranous croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia, acute primary | 48 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| Pneumonia,acute influenzal | 8 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis (acute):— | ||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scabies | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | ||||||
| Scarlet fever | 76 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 67 | v | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 17 | 21 | 25 | 3 |
| Non-pulmonary | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | |
| Whooping cough | 90 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1152 | 49 | 79 | 117 | 112 | 121 | 433 | 43 | 43 | 68 | 59 | 27 |
TUBERCULOSIS
During the year 1958 there were 75 cases of tuberculosis (al'
forms) notified in Battersea as compared with 100 in 1957, 108 in 1956'
129 in 1955, 140 in 1954 and 165 in 1953.
In addition 67 cases were reported or otherwise came to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, making a total of 1^2
cases for the year.
The case rate per 1,000 population (excluding inward transfers)
was 0.67 or 67.0 per 100,000. At the end of the year there were 1,1^"
pulmonary cases and 73 non-pulmonary cases of tuberculosis on the
Register. This is equal to a morbidity rate per 1,000 population 0
10.35 in the case of pulmonary, and 0.66 in the case of non-pulmonary
tuberculosis or 11.01 both types.
The tables on page 17 give details of additions and deletions of cases
on the Register during the year.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
During 1958 deaths from tuberculosis registered as belonging
the Borough of Battersea numbered 20, of which 17 were due 10
nulmonarv tuberculosis, and 3 to other forms of the disease.
The death rates per 100,000 of the population during the 55 years
ended 1955 in quinquennial averages and the years 1951 to 1958 are
given in the following table:—