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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 X.
Infectious Sickness and Mortality, 1898.
| No. of Cases notified. | No. ot cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths at home. | Deaths at Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlatina | 809 | 622 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 791 | 481 | 45 | 75 | 120 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric and Continued Fevers | 94 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 178 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| TOTALS. | 1887 | 1188 | 74 | 113 | 187 |
This Table takes the place of Tables X and XI in former
reports, and shows plainly any difference in results between home
and hospital treatment. It must not be forgotten that the more
severe and necessitous cases find their way to the hospitals,
which are principally those of the Metropolitan Asylums Board,
with the exception of Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas, for which
diseases no provision is made by that Authority, and cases of
those diseases have to be sent to the Union Infirmary.