Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909
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TABLE III.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages-Years. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 262 | 6 | 101 | 122 | 10 | 23 | .. | 136 | 67 | 59 | 132 | 65 | 51 |
Membranous croup | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
Erysipelas | 156 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 103 | 17 | 74 | 61 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 2 |
Scarlet fever | 702 | 6 | 179 | 437 | 46 | 34 | .. | 336 | 197 | 169 | 333 | 196 | 152 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 48 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 20 | .. | 31 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 1 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1,189 | 23 | 290 | 587 | 82 | 190 | 17 | 585 | 348 | 256 | 520 | 294 | 206 |