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 1927
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1927, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
Notification Diseases. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | 202 | 85 | 95 | 38 | 55 | 137 | 14 | 21 | 33 | 354 | 256 | 70 | 680 |
Erysipelas | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 78 |
Scarlet Fever | 61 | 39 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 151 | 140 | 85 | 376 |
Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 48 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
Polio-myelitis ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | 7 |
Polio-encephalitis | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 56 | 34 | 40 | 20 | 25 | 56 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 126 | 104 | 33 | 263 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumoni | 22 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 65 | 62 | 37 | 164 |
* Whooping Cough | 100 | 70 | 81 | 36 | 88 | 74 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 239 | 209 | 59 | 507 |
*Measles | 42 | 28 | 58 | 49 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 162 | 61 | 42 | 265 |
Totals | 518 | 303 | 366 | 215 | 285 | 415 | 67 | 162 | 109 | 1,182 | 901 | 357 | 2,440 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.