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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 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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During 1911, 888 notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis were recieved relating to 444 cases which are set out in the following table, which gives particulars of the notification recieved under the Public Health ( Tuberculosis) Regulation, 1908; Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulation, 1911 and voluntary notification system:-
| Source. | Cases. | Duplicates. | Total Notifications. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Law | 175 | 325 | 500 | |
| Hospitals | 168 | 100 | 268 | |
| Voluntary | 101 | 19 | 120 | |
| Total | 444 | 444 | 888 | |
The number of notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis received
during 1911 was 152 (i.e. 34 per cent.) higher than in 1910.
In the following tables are set out particulars as regards age
periods and distribution in the sub-districts and wards of the
notified cases, voluntary and compulsory, of pulmonary tuberculosis
during 1911.
Age Periods—Years.
| Notified under | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.10 | 10.15 | 15.25 | 25.65 | 65 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. H. (T.) R., '08 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 8 | 14 | 23 | 114 | 13 | 175 |
| P.H. (Tin H.) R., 1911 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 9 | 41 | 106 | — | 168 |
| Voluntary | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 57 | — | 101 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | 27 | 33 | 83 | 277 | 13 | 444 |
| East Battersea. | N.-W. Battersea. | s.-w.Battersea. | Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Law | 69 | 70 | 36 | 175 |
| P.H. (Tin H) R., 1911 | 83 | 57 | 28 | 168 |
| Voluntary | 42 | 43 | 16 | 101 |
| Total | 194 | 170 | 80 | 444 |