Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Years). | ||||||||||
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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 |