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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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The corrected mortality rate from Diphtheria was 0.36 per
1,000 of the population, being with two exceptions the lowest
rate in the fifteen South London parishes. The rate for the
Metropolis was 0.43 per 1,000.
The year 1890 was the first complete year in which compulsory
notification was in operation, and therefore from that period only
are statistics available concerning the prevalence of Diphtheria.
The following indicates the number of cases of the disease notified
during each of the vears 1890-9
Year.
No. of cases of
Diphtheria notified.
1090
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
349
260
366
682
504
411
426
614
791
606
Several changes having during the last few years been made
in the number and area of the Sanitary Districts it is impossible
to compare the location of the disease except for the last two
years which is here given:—
| Sanitary District. | No. of Cases of Diphtheria. | |
| 1898. | 1899. | |
| No. I | 131 | 119 |
| „ 2 | 234 | 132 |
| .. 3 | 141 | 61 |
| .. 4 | 55 | 67 |
| .. 5 | 55 | 62 |
| „ 6 | 82 | 92 |
| „ 7 | 42 | 34 |
| ,, 8 | 51 | 39 |
| Whole Parish | 791 | 606 |