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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 1954
[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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Scarlet fever | — | 4 | 15 | 44 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 69 | |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis:— | |||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Acute Encephalitis: — | |||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Post-infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 23 |
| Acute primary pneumonia | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 36 |
| Acute influenzal pneumonia | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Scabies | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 12 | |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 14 |
| Whooping cough | 17 | 25 | 36 | 37 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 116 | |
| Measles | 14 | 40 | 37 | 96 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 192 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 128 |
| N on-pulmonary | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 12 |
| Totals | 40 | 85 | 97 | 204 | 23 | 49 | 51 | 33 | 43 | 23 | 648 |