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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Yeaus). | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65 & over | Total | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 17 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 21 | 104 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | 227 | 1 |
| Enteric (typhoid) fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Puerperal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | 10 | — |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — |
| Polio-myelitis, etc | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 10 | — |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 137 | 75 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | — |
| Whooping cough | 60 | 99 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 172 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 588 | 2 |
| Measles | 81 | 236 | 200 | 224 | 174 | 515 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 1,470 | 1 |
| Scabies | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 94 | — |
| Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pulmonary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 71 | 34 | 6 | 190 | 69 |
| Non-pulmonary | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 |
| Totals | 184 | 367 | 316 | 333 | 293 | 835 | 94 | 134 | 159 | 86 | 37 | 2,838 | 162 |
* Puerperal Fever became notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia as .from 1st September, 1948.