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Battersea 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1936, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
Notifiable Disease.
Wards.
Districts.f
Totals.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
N
S
Small-pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Diphtheria
61
43
32
22
27
43
20
22
10
163
117
280
Erysipelas
15
8
4
5
7
8
1
9
8
34
31
65
Scarlet fever
75
35
44
51
33
40
29
62
68
187
250
C
437
1 1
Enteric (typhoid) fever
4
1
—
—
1
1
1
—
o
b
5
1 1
Continued fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Puerperal fever
1
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
2
1
3
Puerperal pyrexia
1
3
—
1
1
1
3
2
4
5
11
16
Ophthalmia neonatorum
7
1
5
2
2
5
3
1
3
15
14
29
Meningococcal meningitis
—
—
5
—
—
1
—
—
—
5
1
6
Polio-myelitis, &c
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
2
Polio-encephalitis
—
—
—
——
—
—
—
—
——
—
—
Encephalitis lethargica
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Malaria
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Dysentery
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Acute primary pneumonia
25
29
25
9
32
44
10
13
11
Ill
87
198
Acute influenzal pneumonia
10
7
5
2
1
4
2
9
3
23
20
43
*Whooping cough
61
80
84
48
68
75
29
50
75
293
277
570
*Measles
295
261
312
202
266
350
114
217
185
1,134
1,068
2,202
Tuberculosis (all forms)
44
27
26
20
18
18
13
35
31
115
117
232
Totals
599
496
543
362
456
591
225
421
401
2,094
2,000
4,094
* Notifiable in Battersea since 1922. †See footnote, page 8.