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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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The 1,831 cases occurred in 1,558 infected houses. Of
these cases, 1,262 (i.e., 69 per cent.) were removed to hospital,
and 569 (i.e., 31 per cent.) remained under treatment at home.
The proportion removed to hospital in 1919 (deducting measles
and German measles) was 57 per cent.
Full particulars of all notifiable infectious diseases will
be found in tabulated form in Table II. of the Appendix.

Table: The following table gives the drainage defects, etc., in houses in which cases of infectious disease were notified during 1919, and where inspections were found necessary:—

The following table gives the drainage defects, etc., in houses in which cases of infectious disease were notified during 1919, and where inspections were found necessary:—

DISEASE.No. of Houses invaded.Number showing defects as to—Percentage showing drainage defects.Percentage showing no drainage defects.
Drains.Traps, fittings and appliances.Total.
Diphtheria46315435812·587·5
Erysipelas89...222·297·8
Scarlet Fever61233355·894·2
Typhoid9............100·0
Puerperal Fever31............100·0
Total12041877957·992·1

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Infectious Disease "Contacts."
Many cases of "contacts" which were reported to the
Medical Officer of Health were kept under observation in
connection with various diseases as follows:—
Small-pox,
Plague,
Dysentery,
Malaria,
Cerebro spinal fever,
Enteric fever,
Typhus,
Other infectious diseases.