Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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TABLE II.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 530 | 8 | 117 | 336 | 41 | 28 | ... | 272 | 135 | 123 | 267 | 133 | 116 |
Membranous Croup | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 89 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 667 | 5 | 113 | 476 | 46 | 26 | 1 | 350 | 194 | 123 | 349 | 194 | 116 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 10 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 4 | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 31 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 25 | ... | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... |
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Hydrophobia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 105 | 105 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Polio-myelitis, &c. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... |
Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Malaria | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 16 | ... | 11 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | l | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Acute Influenzal Pneu | 76 | ... | 1 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | ||
Acute Primary Pneu | 285 | 43 | 67 | 43 | 22 | 83 | 27 | 139 | 104 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
367 | ... | 5 | 49 | 81 | 226 | 6 | 164 | 105 | 98 | ... | ... | ... | |
131 | 7 | 18 | 65 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 69 | 33 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | |
*Totals | 1,831 | 165 | 303 | 881 | 144 | 295 | 43 | 917 | 568 | 346 | 661 | 354 | 247 |
* The Tuberculosis figures are not included in the totals.