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Battersea 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1935, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts.† | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 48 | 53 | 55 | 38 | 50 | 78 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 206 | 177 | 383 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Scarlet fever | 68 | 36 | 54 | 36 | 84 | 66 | 18 | 23 | 32 | 242 | 175 | 417 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) fever | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 37 | 26 | 38 | 17 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 134 | 99 | 233 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 47 |
| *Whooping cough | 155 | 100 | 78 | 43 | 96 | 98 | 20 | 49 | 60 | 429 | 270 | 699 |
| * Measles | 9 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 24 | 79 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 39 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 39 | 21 | 116 | 121 | 237 |
| Totals | 383 | 269 | 300 | 166 | 322 | 336 | 98 | 168 | 177 | 1,274 | 945 | 2,219 |
* Notifiable in Battersea since 1922. †See footnote, page 8.