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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: TABLE II. (Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1931.

TABLE II. (Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1931.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in the Borough of Battersea.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-DistrictNo. 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 yearsand upwards.E.N.W.S.W.E.N.W.S.W.
Small-pox3...1...11...3......3......
Diphtheria2986931681714—1521073915110739
Membranous Croup.......................................
Erysipelas72654248737211414124
Scarlet Fever448412527624192471237824412373
Enteric Fever4.........31...13...13...
Continued Fever.......................................
Puerperal Fever6.........33...231231
Puerperal Pyrexia25.........1510...1159626
Meningococcal Meningitis3...3............2...12...1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3737...............121114424
PoUo-myelitis, &c.3...12.........1I111...
Encephalitis Lethargica.......................................
Polio-encephalitis.......................................
Malaria2............2...11............
Dysentery1............1.........1.........
Acute Influenzal Pneu67278439729152315106
Acute Primary Pneu.282265837271161813210545675926
Totals1,251812934959625432630395226510322160
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary214...111721264924676.........
Non-Pulmonary43...1312117...191212.........
Totals (Tuberculosis)257...14238313341115888.........
Totals1,5088130751817938736741453314510322160
Whooping-cough*49350311132.........2531796123207
Measles*75113922...3...3417241621
Grand Totals2,076142657672179390361,028649399549344168