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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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During March 32 patients were removed to the Metropolitan Asylum's Board Hospital, as follows: —
| Number removed. | Ages. | |
|---|---|---|
| March 1 | 2 | 4, 9/12 |
| „ 2 | 4 | 4, 4/12, 6/12, 1 |
| „ 4 | 1 | 4/12 |
| „ 9 | 3 | 3, 2, 3 |
| „ 10 | 2 | 4, 12/12 |
| ,, 13 | 3 | 2/12, 14, 2 |
| „ 16 | 2 | 9/12, 5 |
| „ 17 | 1 | 3 |
| „ 18 | 1 | 4 |
| „ 19 | 1 | 5/12 |
| „ 20 | 2 | 3, 6/12 |
| „ 24 | 3 | 4/12, 2, 31 |
| „ 28 | 2 | 7, 10 |
| „ 29 | 1 | 3 |
| „ 30 | 4 | l½, 7, 1, 1½ |
During April 7 cases were notified and removed to the Metro politan Asylums Board Hospital, as follows: —
| Number of cases. | Ages. | |
|---|---|---|
| April 1 | 1 | 9/12 |
| „ 8 | 2 | 1, 8/12 |
| „ 11 | 1 | 4 |
| „ 12 | 1 | 14 |
| „ 13 | 2 | 5, 3 |
During the month of May (13th), Nurse B— was notified
to be suffering from Diphtheria, and was removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board Hospital. As the disease had, owing to
the measures taken by the middle of April, shown marked evidence
of abatement, and that although some cases still were under
isolation in which Diphtheria organisms were present without
any clinical evidence of Diphtheria, these cases were isolated in a
separate Ward at the top of Block "C," from which they were
not discharged until repeated bacteriological examination failed to