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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1937, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts.† | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N | S | |||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | 49 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 71 | 35 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 180 | 71 | 251 | |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 34 | 79 | |
| Scarlet fever | 38 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 120 | 95 | 215 | |
| Enteric (typhoid) fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Continued fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 34 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 129 | 90 | 219 | |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 35 | 76 | |
| *Whooping cough | 148 | 48 | 111 | 49 | 81 | 74 | 25 | 62 | 35 | 388 | 245 | 633 | |
| *Measles | 195 | 29 | 82 | 58 | 59 | 54 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 365 | 185 | 550 | |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 29 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 42 | 31 | 98 | 128 | 226 | |
| Totals | 542 | 210 | 346 | 162 | 302 | 272 | 117 | 217 | 141 | 1,400 | 909 | 2,309 | |
* Notifiable in Battersea since 1922. † See footnote, page 8.