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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1938, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts.† | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Diphtheria | 32 | 30 | 39 | 17 | 58 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 159 | 58 | 217 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 51 |
| Scarlet fever | 36 | 29 | 49 | 24 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 160 | 94 | 254 |
| Enteric (typhoid) fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Continued fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 8 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 14 | v | 21 |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| Polio-myelitis, &c. | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 35 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 118 | 95 | 213 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -— | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| *Whooping cough | 25 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 88 | 26 | 18 | 71 | 118 | 207 | 325 |
| *Measles | 312 | 289 | 208 | 178 | 292 | 323 | 133 | 207 | 246 | 1,101 | 1,087 | 2,188 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 36 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 49 | 28 | 98 | 122 | 220 |
| Totals | 498 | 455 | 397 | 264 | 489 | 523 | 210 | 334 | 406 | 1,839 | 1,737 | 3,576 |
* Notified from January to September under Local Order; then under General Order.
†See footnote, page 8.