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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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The following table gives particulars of the non-dispensary new cases notified in 1924.
| Age Distribution. | All ages. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/20 | 20/25 | 25/30 | 30/35 | 35/45 | 45/55 | 55/65 | 65 up | ||
| Pulmonary | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 71 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Other Forms | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Total | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 80 |
The Homes of all these patients were systematically visited
during the year by the District Sanitary Inspectors, and 618 visits,
including 78 first visits to new cases, were made. Eleven of the
new cases notified were found dead on first visit. The sanitary
condition of the homes was in the main satisfactory. Of the new
cases 20 received institutional treatment and 28 were transferred
to the Dispensary.