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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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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1928, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 112 | 133 | 99 | 48 | 73 | 93 | 24 | 28 | 42 | 321 | 231 | 100 | 652 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 84 |
| Scarlet Fever | 76 | 62 | 64 | 46 | 74 | 61 | 17 | 50 | 30 | 196 | 181 | 103 | 480 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 39 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | —. | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 53 | 32 | 44 | 17 | 49 | 76 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 109 | 163 | 42 | 314 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 51 |
| *Whooping Cough | 209 | 98 | 133 | 40 | 97 | 145 | 30 | 37 | 21 | 379 | 335 | 96 | 810 |
| *Measles | 651 | 422 | 434 | 304 | 409 | 576 | 108 | 272 | 205 | 1,510 | 1,254 | 617 | 3,381 |
| Totals | 1,138 | 773 | 800 | 478 | 728 | 1,003 | 200 | 425 | 328 | 2,611 | 2,256 | 1,006 | 5,873 |
| * Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April 1922 | |||||||||||||