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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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The next table gives the death rate from each of the chief zymotic diseases compared with the mean death rate for the ten years 1898-1907, the gain or loss in each case being also shown:—
| Diseases. | Mean Death-rate per 1,000 1898-1907. | Death-rate per 1,000 1908 | Gain in 1908 | Loss in 1908 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | .. |
| Measles | 0.52 | 0.25 | 0.27 | .. |
| Erysipelas | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.05 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.09 | 0.13 | .. | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.09 | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.06 | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0.18 | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 0.76 | 0.48 | 0.28 | .. |
In the next table is shown the death rate per 1,000 of the
population from the chief zymotic diseases arranged in Wards:—
Death Rate per 1,000 Population from the chief Zymotic Diseases arranged in Wards.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric, &c. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Epidemic Diarrhoea. | All chief Zymotic diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nine Elms | 31,511 | .00 | .34 | .06 | .22 | .25 | .03 | .03 | .15 | .57 | 1.68 | |
| 2. Park | 19,834 | .00 | .25 | .00 | .20 | .00 | .05 | .05 | .30 | .65 | 1.51 | |
| 3. Latchmere | 22,440 | .00 | .17 | .04 | .17 | .13 | .04 | .00 | .35 | .44 | 1.38 | |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 17,496 | .00 | .34 | .00 | .22 | .00 | .00 | .05 | .11 | .51 | 1.25 | |
| 5. Church | 21,333 | .00 | .51 | .04 | .04 | .23 | .00 | .04 | .14 | .70 | 1.73 | |
| 6. Winstanley | 22,444 | .00 | .26 | .04 | .04 | .04 | .04 | .00 | .35 | .71 | 1.51 | |
| 7. St. John's | 9,024 | .00 | .11 | .00 | .11 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .11 | .22 | .55 | |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 20,409 | .00 | .09 | .00 | .04 | .14 | .09 | .00 | .09 | .14 | .63 | |
| 9. Broomwood | 19,382 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .05 | .10 | .05 | .05 | .20 | .15 | .67 | |