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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 1923
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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Particulars are given in the table below of the localization
of disease in the 364 cases notified during 1923.
Localization of Disease.
| Localization of Disease. | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | (248) | Abdominal | (4) | General | (5) | ||||||||||
| Lungs | 234 | Peritoneum | 4 | Miliary | 2 | ||||||||||
| Lungs and Larynx | 4 | Genito- Urinary | (1) | General | 3 | ||||||||||
| Lungs and Hip | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Testes | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lungs and Abdomen | 1 | Bones and Joints | (26) | ||||||||||||
| Lungs and Glands | 3 | Brain | (13) | Spine | 8 | ||||||||||
| Lungs and Rib | 1 | Meninges | 13 | Hip and Hip Joint | 8 | ||||||||||
| Lungs and Finger | 1 | Skin | (6) | Rib | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lungs and Miliary | 1 | Knee | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Scalp, Face and Chest | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lungs and Meninges | 2 | Humerus | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Foot and Ankle | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Face | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Glands | (59) | Elbow | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Hands and Arm | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cervical | 34 | Pelvis | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Unspecified | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Abdominal | 2 | Os Calcis | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Unspecified | 23 | Neck | (2) | ||||||||||||
| Abscess | 2 | Total | 364 | ||||||||||||
A copy of the official return to the Ministry of Health of the
notifications on Forms A B and C, received during 1923, is set
out on pages 60 and 61.
During 1923, there were 175 deaths from Tuberculosis registered
as belonging to the Borough of Battersea. Of this number, 139
(i.e. 79·4 per cent.) were due to Phthisis (tuberculosis of the lungs),
13 (7·4 per cent.) to tubercular meningitis and 23 (13·2 per cent.)
to other forms of the disease.
In 1922, the number of deaths from phthisis and other tubercular
diseases was 205.
The number of notifications received, the number of deaths and the death-rates from all forms of tuberculosis in each year since 1909 are shown in the following table:—
| Year. | Primary Notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rate per 100,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 257 | 289 | 155·3 |
| 1910 | 166 | 252 | 133·9 |
| 1911 | 314 | 289 | 172·3 |
| 1912 | 542 | 233 | 139·0 |
| 1913 | 743 | 245 | 146·3 |
| 1914 | 666 | 267 | 159·6 |
| 1915 | 613 | 282 | 174·1 |
| 1916 | 565 | 287 | 180·0 |
| 1917 | 523 | 289 | 192·6 |
| 1918 | 501 | 289 | 192·6 |
| 1919 | 514 | 208 | 130·6 |
| 1920 | 498 | 212 | 128·0 |
| 1921 | 466 | 216 | 127·7 |
| 1922 | 411 | 205 | 121·1 |
| 1923 | 364 | 175 | 102·6 |
| Aver. 1909-23 | 476 | 249 | 150·4 |