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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1933, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. † | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 102 | 62 | 42 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 247 | 149 | 396 |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 66 | 49 | 115 |
| Scarlet Fever | 175 | 87 | 90 | 81 | 131 | 115 | 26 | 62 | 59 | 483 | 343 | 826 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 47 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 40 | 50 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 169 | 105 | 274 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 46 | 40 | 86 |
| *Whooping Cough | 92 | 115 | 67 | 87 | 71 | 91 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 345 | 268 | 613 |
| *Measles | 68 | 34 | 21 | 45 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 65 | 114 | 152 | 267 | 419 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 36 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 112 | 126 | 238 |
| Totals | 562 | 402 | 326 | 303 | 354 | 391 | 119 | 261 | 294 | 1,644 | 1,368 | 3,012 |
* Notifiable in Battersea from 24th April, 1922. † See footnote, page 10.