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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Analysis of Cases (after Correction of Diagnosis) of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1950.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Years). | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1- | 2- | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 25— | 45- | 65 & over | Total | |
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| Scarlet fever | – | 3 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 80 | 19 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 152 |
| Enteric (typhoid) fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | – | – | 12 |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Polio-myelitis : — | ||||||||||||
| Paralytic | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Non-paralytic | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Polio-encephalitis : — | ||||||||||||
| Infective | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Post-infectious | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 72 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Scabies | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| Food poisoning | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 9 |
| Whooping cough | 24 | 38 | 28 | 56 | 49 | 136 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 338 |
| Measles | 19 | 24 | 40 | 50 | 32 | 64 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 231 |
| Tuberculosis : — | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 43 | 26 | 6 | 134 |
| Non-pulmonary | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | 15 |
| Totals | 54 | 75 | 93 | 127 | 109 | 308 | 31 | 62 | 93 | 56 | 29 | 1,037 |