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Battersea 1926
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1926, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 147 | 57 | 92 | 21 | 94 | 79 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 256 | 232 | 52 | 540 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 72 |
| Scarlet Fever | 110 | 59 | 63 | 75 | 76 | 82 | 22 | 47 | 47 | 249 | 208 | 124 | 581 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| †Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Polio-myelitis | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | '— | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Trench Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 73 | 39 | 43 | 26 | 34 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 154 | 108 | 34 | 296 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 76 |
| *Whooping Cough | 113 | 155 | 94 | 67 | 48 | 68 | 16 | 100 | 48 | 383 | 154 | 172 | 709 |
| *Measles | 758 | 421 | 311 | 312 | 417 | 334 | 138 | 373 | 299 | 1,666 | 868 | 829 | 3,363 |
| Totals | 1,238 | 767 | 632 | 518 | 695 | 649 | 205 | 571 | 437 | 2,809 | 1,651 | 1,252 | 5,712 |
| * Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922. | Notifiable from 1st October, 1926. | ||||||||||||