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Battersea 1925

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925

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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 1925.

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 1925.

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 allAges.Under 1 year.1 to 5 years.5 to 15 years.15 to 25 years.25 to 65 years.65 yearsand upwards.E.N.W.S.W.E.N.W.S.W.
Small-pox.......................................
Cholera......................................
Diphtheria39541262143219...1531984415119843
Membranous Croup11...............1.........
Erysipelas674210538...3321131051
Scarlet Fever49741442983615...2071989220519787
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever6......3...3...5151...
Puerperal Fever6.........24...222221
Meningococcal Meningitis11.....................1......l
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3232..............16142...2...
2...1......1.........2......2
Encephalitis Lethargica8......143...6116......
Polio-encephalitis......................................
Malaria.................................
Dysentery........................
Acute Influenzal Pneu7238610369382311631
Acute Primary Pneu21319683617649100951843246
Totals1,3006735056810618326560554186428432142
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary238-3101214941136659.........
Non-Pulmonary97211452316423223.........
Totals (Tuberculosis)•335214559516541559882.........
Totals1,6356936462320134830715652268428432142
Wooping cough*7779848518626...30932614216316
Measles*69338314328112...1174741027505
Grand Totals ...3,1052051,1631,137214356301,1411,452512451513153
* Notifiable in Battersea from April 24th, 1922.