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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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Case-rate per 1,000 Population in each Ward for each Notifiable Infectious Disease.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | Diphtheria & Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric & Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebrospinal fever. | All Notifiable Infecti's diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No 1 (Nine Elms) | 31,511 | 2.18 | 1.04 | 7.94 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 11.39 |
| „ 2 (Park) | 19,834 | 1.61 | 1.26 | 7.15 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 10.43 |
| ,, 3 (Latchmere) | 22,440 | 1.87 | 1.11 | 6.40 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.71 |
| „ 4 (Shaftesbury) | 17,496 | 1.94 | 0.62 | 6.63 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 9.37 |
| ,, 5 (Church) | 21,333 | 1.45 | 0.98 | 4.31 | 0.46 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 7.31 |
| ,, 6 (Winstanley) | 22,444 | 1.51 | 0.89 | 6.4 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.08 |
| „ 7 (St. John) | 9,024 | 4.10 | 0.44 | 5.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.64 |
| „ 8 (Bolingbroke) | 20,409 | 1.66 | 0.34 | 4.99 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| „ 9 (Broomwood) | 19,382 | 1.39 | 0.25 | 3.04 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.79 |
Small-pox.
Again it is satisfactory to record that no case of Small-pox
was notified in Battersea in 1908. Three suspected cases were
referred to me by Medical practitioners, which, on investigation,
proved not to be Small-pox.
In the County of London no case occurred during the year.