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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 1894

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1894

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maintenance of health, such as the use of clothing of suitable
warmth, and a sufficiency of wholesome food.
Persons who are attacked by Influenza should at once seek
rest, warmth, and medical treatment, and they should bear in
mind that the risk of relapse, with dangerous complications,
constitutes a chief danger of the disease.
R. Thorne Thorne.
Local Government Board,
Medical Department,
March 6th, 1895.
It will be perceived that the contents of the above memorandum
are in accord with the precautions issued by this parish
early in 1894, and now re-issued for the guidance of the public.

Table: TABLE XII. Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality during the past 11 years.

TABLE XII. Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality during the past 11 years.

18841885188618871888188918901891189218931894
Small-Pox52---------
Measles134112708287104159379090151
Scarlet Fever31814682512101015175
Diphtheria181092322212735289067
Enteric, &c. Fevers451823171315211981413
Whooping Cough1061211041121198114610410011577
Epidemic Diarrhœa178126152175751121211049912093
Other Zymotic Diseases513526252221598913311862
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases568432398502363366543398473564468
Zymotic Death Rate4·63·43·03·72·62·53·62·63·03·52·8
Death-rates from all Diseases21·120·419·018·215·715·619·317·217·217·414·6