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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 1899

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899

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Table: Table B of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1899 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Table B of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1899 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics, Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
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Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.tnteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
Last Census. 1896.Estimated to middle of 1899.
East Battersea71,73074,7092,424Under 5...1041136...1............6...90895...1............2
5 upwards...2351973...77......7...89...2051481...62......3...21
West Battersea91,92898,4742,755Under 5...95856...2............7...7364......1...............
5 upwards...2811951...77......7...96...195142......60......1...25
Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary708708...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwards..............................5..............................5
Bolingbroke Hospital3939...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwards..............................1..............................1
Westminster Union Schools183183...Under 5...1..............................1...........................
5 upwards..................................................................
Masonic School, Battersea Rise316316...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwards...4..............................4...........................
Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common211211...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwards...1..............................1...........................
Totals165,115174,6405,179Under 5...20019812...3............13...1641535...2............2
5 upwards...???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????