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Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The total number of cases notified or otherwise reported during
1930 was 537 as compared with 1,317 in 1929, 1,228 in 1928, 749
in 1927, and 1,210 in 1926, the decrease in 1930 compared with
1929 being 59.2 per cent.
The disease, with measles, was made compulsorily notifiable
in Battersea in 1922. Precautionary measures continued to be
taken in view of the danger to life in the case of younger children.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1930 there were 286 cases of Tuberculosis (all forms)
notified in Battersea as compared with 330 in 1929, 301 in 1928,
308 in 1927, and 344 in 1926.
In addition 25 cases were reported, or otherwise came to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year, making
311 cases in all.
The following table (required by the Ministry of Health) shows the age and sex distribution of the 311 cases of Tuberculosis notified or otherwise reported during the year ended 3rd January, 1931 (53 weeks) and the 162 deaths from the disease.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary | Non. Pulmonary. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | |
| 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | _ | _ | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 |
| 15 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | 34 | 29 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 35 | 30 | 11 | 41 | — | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — |
| 55 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 17 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 154 | 100 | 254 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 77 | 60 | 137 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
Deaths from non-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis formed
15.4 per cent. of the total deaths from the disease.