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Battersea 1904
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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TABLE XIV. Weekly Summaries of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1904. (Cases of Chicken-pox are excluded).
| Month | Week or Year. | Cases of Infectious Disease Notified. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Continued and Relapsing Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | |||||
| 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | |||||||||||
| January | 1 | ... | 6 | 6 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 22 | 18 | 20 |
| 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 20 | 45 | |
| 3 | ... | 5 | 3 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 26 | 40 | |
| 4 | ... | 4 | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 35 | 39 | |
| February | 5 | ... | 8 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 32 | 29 |
| 6 | ... | 5 | 5 | 7 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 20 | 29 | |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 18 | 24 | |
| 8 | ... | 9 | 1 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 34 | 30 | 40 | |
| March | 9 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 21 | 31 |
| 10 | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 15 | 42 | |
| 11 | ... | 1 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 25 | 22 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 26 | 22 | |
| 13 | ... | 5 | 2 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 19 | 30 | |
| April | 14 | ... | 4 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 15 | 32 |
| 15 | ... | 6 | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 13 | 32 | |
| 16 | ... | ... | 2 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 15 | 15 | 28 | |
| 17 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 17 | 35 | |
| May | 18 | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 19 | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 23 | 30 | |
| 20 | ... | 4 | 3 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| 21 | ... | 6 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 18 | 29 | |
| June | 22 | ... | 1 | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 15 | 27 |
| 23 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 12 | 22 | |
| 24 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 20 | 11 | |
| 25 | ... | 1 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 14 | 25 | |
| 26 | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 17 | 28 | |