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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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Notifications of Infectious Disease received during the Year 1908 arranged in Wards.
| Ward. | Diphtheria & Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Nine Elms) | 69 | 33 | 250 | 5 | — | — | — | 359 |
| „ 2 (Park) | 32 | 25 | 142 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 207 |
| ,, 3 (Latchmere) | 42 | 25 | 145 | 6 | — | — | — | 218 |
| „ 4 (Shaftesbury) | 34 | 11 | 116 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 164 |
| „ 5 (Church) | 31 | 21 | 92 | 10 | — | 2 | — | 156 |
| „ 6 (Winstanley) | 34 | 20 | 147 | 3 | — | — | — | 204 |
| „ 7 (St. John) | 37 | 4 | 46 | — | — | — | 87 | |
| ,, 8 (Bolingbroke) | 34 | 7 | 102 | 4 | — | — | 147 | |
| „ 9 (Broomwood) | 27 | 5 | 59 | 2 | — | — | — | 93 |
| Totals | 340 | 151 | 1,099 | 36 | — | 7 | 2 | 1,635 |