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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| 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 years and upwards. | E. | N.W. | S.W. | E. | N.W. | S.W. | |
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 652 | 8 | 175 | 394 | 54 | 21 | ... | 321 | 231 | 100 | 321 | 231 | 97 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 84 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 480 | 2 | 128 | 292 | 45 | 13 | ... | 196 | 181 | 103 | 193 | 180 | 98 |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 26 | ... | 17 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 39 | 39 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Influenzal Pneu | 51 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Acute Primary Pneu. | 314 | 33 | 89 | 44 | 26 | 106 | 16 | 109 | 163 | 42 | 40 | 40 | 12 |
| Totals | 1,682 | 87 | 405 | 740 | 158 | 261 | 31 | 722 | 667 | 293 | 585 | 480 | 230 |
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| Totals | 1,983 | 89 | 415 | 766 | 260 | 420 | 33 | 856 | 752 | 375 | 585 | 480 | 230 |
| Whooping-cough* | 810 | 101 | 446 | 258 | 2 | 3 | ... | 379 | 335 | 96 | 27 | 35 | 1 |
| Measles* | 3,381 | 154 | 1,689 | 1,507 | 18 | 13 | ... | 1,510 | 1,254 | 617 | 179 | 174 | 34 |
| Grand Totals | 6,174 | 344 | 2,550 | 2,531 | 280 | 436 | 33 | 2,745 | 2,341 | 1,088 | 791 | 689 | 265 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.