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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1922, in Wards and Sub-Districts.
| Notifiable Disease. | Wards. | Districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E | N | S | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 93 | 99 | 117 | 88 | 85 | 75 | 20 | 44 | 49 | 313 | 223 | 134 | 670 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 17 | 66 |
| Scarlet Fever | 119 | 52 | 67 | 100 | 107 | 122 | 21 | 82 | 80 | 283 | 270 | 197 | 750 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 41 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Polio-mvelitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Posterior Basic Meningitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Malaria | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Acute Primarv Pneumonia | 74 | 60 | 48 | 14 | 37 | 49 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 162 | 120 | 26 | 308 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 24 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 62 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 68 | 89 | 39 | 196 |
| Whooping Cough* | 52 | 40 | 37 | 23 | 24 | 68 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 118 | 119 | 48 | 285 |
| Measles* | 192 | 260 | 234 | 143 | 206 | 228 | 44 | 139 | 50 | 689 | 550 | 252 | 1,496 |
| Totals | 572 | 550 | 539 | 386 | 497 | 633 | 127 | 328 | 209 | 1,680 | 1,433 | 728 | 3,841 |
| *Notifiable in Battersea from April 24th, 1922. | |||||||||||||