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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Years). | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 3— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 65 & over | Total | |
| Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| Scarlet fever | — | 7 | 19 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 90 |
| Enteric (typhoid) fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | —_ | — | 1 |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 9 | 6 | — | — | 32 |
| Meningococcal infection | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 5 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Polio-myelitis: — | |||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 10 |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis: — | |||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Post-infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 24 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 60 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Scabies | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | ||
| Food poisoning | _ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | |
| Whooping cough | 30 | 107 | 115 | 146 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 410 |
| Measles | 36 | 190 | 224 | 288 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 762 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 27 | 34 | 14 | 152 | |
| Non-pulmonary | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 322 | 373 | 517 | 32 | 68 | 60 | 62 | 72 | 37 | 1,612 |