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Battersea 1926
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926
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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 1926.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in the Borough of Battersea. | Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District | No 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 yearsand upwards. | E. | N.W. | S.W. | E. | N.W. | S.W. | |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 540 | 3 | 186 | 290 | 42 | 19 | ... | 256 | 232 | 52 | 251 | 232 | 50 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 72 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 581 | 4 | 140 | 363 | 41 | 33 | ... | 249 | 208 | 124 | 248 | 208 | 121 |
| Trench Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | ... | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia † | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 35 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | 6 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Influenzal Pneu | 76 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
| Acute Primary Pneu | 296 | 27 | 90 | 47 | 27 | 87 | 18 | 154 | 108 | 34 | 62 | 47 | 8 |
| Totals | 1,640 | 73 | 430 | 717 | 137 | 253 | 30 | 760 | 629 | 251 | 599 | 512 | 189 |
| Tuberculosis- | |||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 246 | ... | 1 | 11 | 67 | 160 | 7 | 111 | 68 | 67 | ... | ... | ... |
| Non-Pulmonary | 98 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 15 | 20 | ... | 54 | 23 | 21 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals (Tuberculosis) | 344 | 2 | 16 | 57 | 82 | 180 | 7 | 165 | 91 | 88 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1,984 | 75 | 446 | 774 | 219 | 433 | 37 | 925 | 720 | 339 | 599 | 512 | 189 |
| Whooping-cough* | 709 | 79 | 383 | 240 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 383 | 154 | 172 | 18 | 16 | ... |
| Measles* | 3,363 | 145 | 1,637 | 1,525 | 36 | 20 | ... | 1,666 | 868 | 829 | 131 | 78 | 27 |
| Grand Totals | 6,056 | 299 | 2,4S6 | 2,539 | 259 | 455 | 38 | 2,974 | 1,742 | 1,340 | 748 | 606 | 216 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922. † Notifiable from 1st October, 1926.