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Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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TABLE II.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in the Borough of Battersea. | Total Cases Notified in each Sub-District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Sub-District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 65 years. | 65 yearsand upwards. | n. | S. | N. | S. | |
| Small-pox | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 396 | 5 | 105 | 230 | 27 | 29 | ... | 247 | 149 | 247 | 148 |
| Membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 115 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 66 | 19 | 66 | 49 | 36 | 25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 826 | 3 | 219 | 497 | 47 | 60 | ... | 483 | 343 | 482 | 331 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | ... | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | i | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 86 | ... | 1 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 11 | 46 | 40 | 29 | 22 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 274 | 12 | 44 | 38 | 32 | 130 | 18 | 169 | 105 | 110 | 70 |
| Totals | 1.742 | 40 | 373 | 779 | 145 | 357 | 48 | 1,035 | 707 | 919 | 609 |
| T uberculosis— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 196 | ... | 2 | 8 | 52 | 129 | 5 | 89 | 107 | ... | ... |
| Non-Pulmonary | 42 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 19 | ... | ... |
| Totals (Tuberculosis) | 238 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 60 | 150 | 6 | 112 | 126 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1,980 | 41 | 376 | 797 | 205 | 507 | 54 | 1,147 | 833 | 919 | 609 |
| Whooping-cough* | 613 | 70 | 391 | 151 | 1 | ... | ... | 345 | 268 | 43 | 34 |
| Measles* | 419 | 24 | 170 | 214 | 9 | 2 | ... | 152 | 267 | 19 | 28 |
| Grand Totals | 3,012 | 135 | 937 | 1,162 | 215 | 509 | 54 | 1,644 | 1,368 | 981 | 671 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922