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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 1898
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...
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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 1898 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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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
| Last Census. 1896. | Estimated to middle of 1898. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||
| East Battersea | 71,730 | 73,792 | 2,424 | Under 5 | ... | 86 | 133 | 8 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 65 | 92 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 5 upwards | 2 | 206 | 308 | 5 | 1 | 39 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 103 | 1 | 156 | 215 | 3 | ... | 30 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | ||||
| West Battersea | 91,928 | 96,460 | 2,733 | Under 5 | ... | 139 | 108 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 108 | 71 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | 2 | 370 | 223 | ... | ... | 51 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 51 | ... | 285 | 94 | ... | ... | 26 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | ||||
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary | 708 | 708 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Bolingbroke Hospital | 39 | 39 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster Union Schools | 183 | 183 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masonic School, Battersea Rise | 316 | 316 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common | 211 | 211 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 165,115 | 171,709 | 5,157 | Under 5 | 225 | 241 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 173 | 163 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 4 | 584 | 533 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 10 | ... | 158 | 1 | 449 | 311 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||