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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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Table: TABLE XXIX. (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 1903.

TABLE XXIX. (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 1903.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.East Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West Battersea.East Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West Battersea.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox33132423...1714217142
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria2766831521916...78135636112345
Membranous croup6132.........4...22......
Erysipelas148561123931069502924168
Scarlet fever448613923650l7...18414911515712990
Typhus fever.......................................
Enteric fever85...2202834131351921299
Relapsing fever.......................................
Continued fever.......................................
Puerperal fever7.........16...4212......
Plague.......................................
Chicken-pox4551921.........241011.........
Totals1,0482425544412518911411395242284311154