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Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902
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personal infection was suspected, but could not be proved, and
in thirty-six cases the source of infection could not be traced.
So far as could be ascertained, what are known as insanitary
conditions appeared to play little or no part in the spread
of the disease. Out of the 150 houses invaded tew had serious
defects, and only four were overcrowded.
None of the patients belonged to the "tramp" class, and
only two were inmates of common lodging-houses.
Vaccination.
The following table gives the cases and deaths amongst the vaccinated and unvaccinated respectively. Dr. Ricketts, the Medical Superintendent of the Small-pox Hospital Ships, has kindly given me particulars as to the vaccination of all the cases removed to hospital:—
| Age-Period | Vaccinated. | Un vaccinated. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases | Deaths. | |
| 1-5 | – | – | 19 | 9 |
| 5—1O | 3 | – | 14 | 1 |
| 10—15 | 15 | – | 9 | – |
| 15-25 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 25-35 | 55 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 35—45 | 32 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 45—55 | 14 | 6 | – | – |
| 55—65 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 160 | 13 | 53 | 12 |