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Battersea 1923
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1923, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 53 | 84 | 49 | 37 | 50 | 59 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 186 | 141 | 47 | 374 |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 84 |
| Scarlet Fever | 80 | 37 | 68 | 48 | 61 | 38 | 22 | 34 | 21 | 195 | 135 | 79 | 409 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — ' | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | — | 2 | 8 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | -— | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 60 | 32 | 36 | 20 | 21 | 52 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 123 | 98 | 36 | 257 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 5 | — | 23 | 35 | 12 | 70 |
| Whooping Cough* | 146 | 79 | 70 | 48 | 88 | 64 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 313 | 179 | 88 | 580 |
| Measles* | 108 | 160 | 194 | 188 | 156 | 307 | 59 | 105 | 42 | 487 | 599 | 233 | 1,319 |
| Totals | 479 | 422 | 438 | 362 | 410 | 577 | 143 | 229 | 110 | 1,392 | 1,259 | 519 | 3,170 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from April 24th, 1922.