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Battersea 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE II.(Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1922.

TABLE II.

(Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1922.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in the Borough of Battersea.Total Cases Notified in each Sub-DistrictNo. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 to 5 years.5 to 15 years.15 to 25 years.25 to 65 years.65 years and upwards.E.N.W.S.W.E.N.W.S.W.
Small-pox.......................................
Cholera.................................
Diphtheria668171813943442...312222134311220126
Membranous Croup2...11.........11...11...
Erysipelas6613493613183117764
Scarlet Fever75031584866340...283270197280269192
Tvphus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever4......3...1...211211
Puerperal Fever13.........211...265151
Posterior Basic Meningitis1............1......1......1...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4141...............1916631...
Polio-myelitis, &c.4121.........121...21
Encephalitis Lethargica2............2...1...11...1
Polio-encephalitis....................................
Malaria5.........14...4...1.........
Dvsentery.......................................
Acute Influenzal Pneu19611401523931468893917145
Acute Primary Pneu30848107422461261621202634375
Totals2,06012249294615629153873759428657557336
T uberculosis—' f
Pulmonary286...2216718791347181.........
Non-Pulmonary1256265915172624716.........
Totals (Tuberculosis)41162880822041119611897.........
Totals2,4711285201,026238495641,069877525657557336
Whooping Cough*2852517583...2...1181194897...
Measles*1,49691785600155...68955525237191
Grand totals4,2522441,4801,709253502641,8761,551825703583337
*Notifiable in Battersea from April 24th, 1922.