Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1924, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 99 | 54 | 49 | 18 | 35 | 68 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 191 | 129 | 52 | 372 |
Erysipelas | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 75 |
Scarlet Fever | 60 | 48 | 64 | 33 | 53 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 22 | 162 | 120 | 96 | 378 |
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — - | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 6 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | — | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
Polio-myelitis | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
Malaria | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 77 | 33 | 46 | 27 | 40 | 73 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 153 | 140 | 43 | 336 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 21 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 73 | 32 | 167 |
Whooping Cough* | 44 | 34 | 70 | 19 | 72 | 164 | 40 | 40 | 28 | 115 | 284 | 112 | 511 |
Measles* | 452 | 284 | 143 | 101 | 257 | 207 | 66 | 224 | 159 | 932 | 504 | 457 | 1,893 |
Totals | 785 | 491 | 415 | 224 | 485 | 623 | 181 | 358 | 259 | 1,688 | 1,307 | 826 | 3,821 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.