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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1929, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 45 | 68 | 82 | 31 | 59 | 82 | 16 | 29 | 33 | 179 | 184 | 82 | 445 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 13 | 22 | 69 |
| Scarlet Fever | 50 | 80 | 48 | 29 | 79 | 93 | 17 | 37 | 33 | 182 | 194 | 90 | 466 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 43 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 25 | |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | _ | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 82 | 43 | 53 | 21 | 63 | 84 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 162 | 182 | 53 | 397 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 24 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 53 | 48 | 39 | 140 |
| *Whooping Cough | 127 | 108 | 116 | 68 | 142 | 114 | 39 | 67 | 43 | 355 | 312 | 157 | 824 |
| *Measles | 110 | 36 | 60 | 33 | 110 | 75 | 11 | 36 | 12 | 196 | 218 | 69 | 483 |
| Totals | 473 | 370 | 386 | 211 | 477 | 491 | 116 | 236 | 150 | 1,204 | 1,176 | 530 | 2,910 |
*Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.