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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 1903

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In the part of this report dealing with workplaces is an
account of the work done in connection with the small
laundries which are exempt from the special provisions of
the Factory Act relating to laundries.

Table: Female Patients, aged from 15 to 65 years, admitted into the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary from January, 1895 to December, 1903.

Female Patients, aged from 15 to 65 years, admitted into the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary from January, 1895 to December, 1903.

Age Period.Laundresses.Wage-earning women other than Laundresses.Unoccupied women.Percentage of Phthisis cases to Total No. of cases.
Total No.No. suffering from Phthisis.Total No.No. suffering from Phthisis.Total No.No. suffering from Phthisis.Laundresses.Wage-earning women other than Laundresses.Unoccupied women.
15-2515011279319601610.663.223.94
25-45386341,168791,1921028.806.768.55
45-653793285555843508.446.435.93
1652,983Totals915822,3141638.965.537.04