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Battersea 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1931, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 51 | 50 | 48 | 30 | 34 | 47 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 152 | 107 | 39 | 298 |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 72 |
| Scarlet Fever | 76 | 119 | 57 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 18 | 38 | 20 | 247 | 123 | 78 | 448 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | 10 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | _ | _ | _ | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 63 | 28 | 44 | 26 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 132 | 105 | 45 | 282 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 67 |
| *Whooping Cough | 141 | 48 | 62 | 44 | 54 | 90 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 253 | 179 | 61 | 493 |
| *Measles | 5 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 17 | 24 | 75 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 46 | 35 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 111 | 58 | 88 | 257 |
| Totals | 428 | 314 | 279 | 178 | 203 | 295 | 90 | 169 | 120 | 1,028 | 649 | 399 | 2,076 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922.