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Battersea 1923

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923

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Table: (Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1923.

(Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1923.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in the Borough of Battersea.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-DistrictNo. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 to 5 years.5 to 15 years.15 to 25 years.25 to 65 . years.65 yearsand upwards.E.N.W.S.W.E.N.W.S.W.
Small-pox1............1.........1......1
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria37451271972619...1881394718513843
Membranous Croup.......................................
Erysipelas844461343143442812102
Scarlet Fever40921002424916...1951357919413373
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever8......143...314214
Puerperal Fever7.........16...322322
Cerebro-Spinal Fever42...11......121111
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4242...............1722324...
Polio-myelitis, &c.8...62.........6...25...2
Encephalitis Lethargica3.........12......10...11
Polio-encephalitis.......................................
Malaria3.........12...111.........
Dysentery1............1......1............
Acute Influenzal Pneu.702968396233512672
Acute Primary Pneu.2571873432379211239836422515
Totals1,2717531949812721141594479198452322146
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary248131153169111184981.........
Non-Pulmonary116422581814...574316.........
Totals (Tuberculosis)3645256971183111759297.........
Totals1,635.8034456719839452769571295452322146
Whooping Cough*5806034616716...31317988554
Measles*1,31973717512125...48759923341444
Grand totals3,5342131,4071,246211405521,5691,349616498371154

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* Notifiable in Battersea from April 24th, 1922.