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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 1902

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902

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Table: TABLE XIX. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902.

TABLE XIX. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notipied in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all AgesAt Ages—Years.East Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West BatterseaEast Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West Battersea.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards.
Small-pox I1693123435823905821885821
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria2734731462723...1129368897834
Membranous croup242............2......17834
Erysipelas1963615181421292663831226
Scarlet fever85472175039631...452191211423179147
Typhus fever.......................................
Enteric fever88...4173234144271736209
Relapsing fever.......................................
Continued fever.......................................
Puerperal fever15.........510...83431...
Plague.......................................
Chicken-pox120489527562215...459442303.........
Totals2,8011068411277234327161259880662671358217