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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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notified on August 24th, and another, the last of the outbreak,
on September 27th. The largest weekly number of cases
(eighteeen) occurred in the week ending May 21st.
The number of cases occurring in each week is set out on
the chart facing page 30. Fifty-one cases occurred in
1901, and 169 in 1902, or 220 in all.

Table: The following table gives the number of cases notified in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs during the outbreak, and the rate per 100,000 population. In order to compare the different districts, it has been necessary to compare the number of cases notified, not the number actually occurring, which would be in every case a lower figure. The Boroughs are given in the order of the case-rates :—

The following table gives the number of cases notified in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs during the outbreak, and the rate per 100,000 population. In order to compare the different districts, it has been necessary to compare the number of cases notified, not the number actually occurring, which would be in every case a lower figure. The Boroughs are given in the order of the case-rates :—

District.No. of Notifications.Case-rate per 100,000.
Hampstead2732
Chelsea4459
Kensington11363
Wandsworth17370
Fulham10371
Lewisham9874
Paddington13492
Islington356105
Greenwich112114
Hammersmith139121
Deptford145129
Stoke Newington70135
Lambeth416136
Battersea241140
Camberwell408155
Marylebone231174
City of London47183
Westminster333184
Hackney461207
Woolwich257219
Bermondsey235249
St. Pancras616261
Southwark606293
Finsbury302300
Shoreditch455390
Poplar697411
Bethnal Green546420
Stepney1,539512
Holborn435743