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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 1924

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924

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Table: TABLE II. (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 1924.

TABLE II. (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 1924.

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 years and upwards.E.N.W.S.W.E.N.W.S.W.
Small-pox.......................................
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria37231301903316...1911295219112952
Membranous Croup.......................................
Erysipelas75...59645104121131133
Scarlet Fever37821212122914...1621209616211971
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever6......114...4...23...1
Puerperal Fever15.........87...375374
Cerebro-Spinal Fever413............22...12...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4141...............13217122
Polio-myelitis, &c.9171.........333111
Encephalitis Lethargica12............12...534324
Polio-encephalitis.......................................
Malaria2............2...2...............
Dysentery.......................................
Acute Influenzal Pneu.1677269179414627332191313
Acute Primary Pneu.336411154122882915314043553116
Totals1,4179640746311628253641519257450309167
T uberculosis— Pulmonary246...4197014851097166.........
Non-Pulmonary105223531116...384819.........
Totals (Tuberculosis)3512277281164514711985.........
Totals1,7689843453519744658788638342450309167
Whooping Cough*511753359515...115284112945
Measles*1,8931071,0586714215...9325044571036211
Grand totals4,1722801,8271,301240466581,8351,426911562375183