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Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902
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TABLE XVII. Weekly Summaries of Notifications Received During the Year 1902. (excluding duplicates).
| Month | Week of Year. | Cases of Infectious Disease Notified. | Totals. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox. | Chicken-Pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Relapsing Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Including ChickenPox. | Excluding ChickenPox. | Corresponding week in the years:— | |||
| 1902 | 1902 | 1901 | 1900 | ||||||||||||
| January | 1 | 16 | ... | 1 | 4 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 20 | 16 | 18 |
| 2 | 15 | ... | 3 | 7 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45 | 45 | 21 | 24 | |
| 3 | 8 | ... | 5 | 1 | 23 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 40 | 40 | 13 | 31 | |
| 4 | 5 | ... | 9 | 5 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39 | 39 | 16 | 32 | |
| February | 5 | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 29 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34 | 29 | 14 | 17 | |
| 7 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 50 | 24 | 13 | 31 | |
| 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57 | 40 | 9 | 33 | |
| March | 9 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 31 | 18 | 21 |
| 10 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 19 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 76 | 42 | 15 | 28 | |
| 11 | 6 | 26 | 2 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 | 22 | 9 | 25 | |
| 12 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 22 | 12 | 29 | |
| 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 37 | 30 | 9 | 29 | |
| April | 14 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 17 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 51 | 32 | 13 | 22 |
| 15 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 50 | 32 | 14 | 24 | |
| 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50 | 28 | 16 | 17 | |
| 17 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 21 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 55 | 35 | 17 | 22 | |
| May | 18 | 2 | 25 | 2 | ... | 22 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 53 | 28 | 16 | 18 |
| 19 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 17 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 56 | 30 | 10 | 17 | |
| 20 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 20 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 56 | 30 | 23 | 28 | |
| 21 | 18 | 22 | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 | 29 | 27 | 20 | |
| 22 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 74 | 27 | 23 | 15 | |
| June | 23 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 66 | 22 | 19 | 21 |
| 24 | ... | 30 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 11 | 18 | 21 | |
| 25 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 75 | 25 | 25 | 15 | |
| 26 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 54 | 38 | 14 | 20 | |