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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 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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Notifications of Infectious Disease received during the Year 1905 arranged in Wards.
| Ward. | Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Nine Elms) | 23 | 32 | 194 | 7 | 5 | 261 |
| „ 2 (Park) | 16 | 22 | 133 | 3 | 1 | 175 |
| „ 3 (Latchmere) | 21 | 28 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 123 |
| ,, 4 (Shaftesbury) | 15 | 18 | 78 | - | 1 | 112 |
| „ 5 (Church) | 27 | 28 | 67 | 4 | — | 126 |
| ,, 6 (Winstanley) | 20 | 24 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 167 |
| „ 7 (St. John) | 11 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 60 |
| „ 8 (Bolingbroke) | 19 | 13 | 55 | 1 | — | 88 |
| „ 9 (Broomwood) | 14 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 74 |
| Totals | 166 | 176 | 801 | 27 | 16 | 1,186 |
Small-Pox.
No case of Small-pox occurred during 1905 in Battersea,
although 74 cases, 10 of which were fatal, occurred in the
County of London. On 14 occasions I was asked by medical
practitioners to see patients suspected to be suffering from
small-pox, but on each occasion the patient was found to be
suffering from chicken-pox, or from some other disease which
was not small-pox.