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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1930, 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 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 88 | 80 | 85 | 34 | 63 | 82 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 247 | 184 | 58 | 489 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 76 |
| Scarlet Fever | 114 | 98 | 59 | 32 | 79 | 71 | 36 | 44 | 33 | 275 | 177 | 114 | 566 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 72 | 35 | 50 | 22 | 35 | 65 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 150 | 129 | 42 | 321 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 43 |
| Whooping Cough | 42 | 51 | 51 | 15 | 45 | 86 | 14 | 39 | 56 | 120 | 165 | 114 | 399 |
| Measles | 457 | 447 | 385 | 234 | 365 | 411 | 129 | 264 | 217 | 1,328 | 960 | 621 | 2,909 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 41 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 113 | 79 | 94 | 286 |
| Totals | 846 | 769 | 692 | 394 | 633 | 765 | 225 | 444 | 401 | 2,335 | 1,744 | 1,090 | 5,169 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.