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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Battersea. at Ages (Years). | Admitted to Hospital from each Sub-District. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 & over | Total | N. | S. | ||
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 223 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 25 | 29 | 61 | 66 | 233 | 71 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 557 | 334 | 20 | ||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 75 | 18 | 20 | 8 | ||||
| Scarlet fever | 6 | 15 | 54 | 52 | 77 | 238 | 83 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 616 | 313 | 283 | ... | |
| Enteric fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | 6 | 1 | io | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | 4 | ... | ... | 20 | 11 | 3 | ... |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 5 | 4 | ... |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 5 | ... | 41 | ... | 12 | ... |
| Acute Influenzal pneumonia ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Acute Primary pneumonia | 35 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 23 | 45 | 22 | 295 | 96 | 59 | 102 |
| Whooping-cough | 47 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 101 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 477 | 42 | 22 | 7 |
| Measles | 125 | 304 | 336 | 431 | 542 | 1101 | 112 | 22 | 46 | ... | 3 | 3022 | 373 | 157 | 32 | |
| Totals | 244 | 434 | 509 | 638 | 797 | 1729 | 291 | 100 | 203 | 71 | 90 | 40 | 5146 | 1207 | 788 | 180 |