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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 1897
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea...
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Table B of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Disease coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1897 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Battersea, Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localitities;
| Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics. Public Instituions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | FEVERS. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric orTyphoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric orTyphoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||
| Census. 1896. | Estimatedto middle of1897. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Battersea | 71,730 | 72,875 | 2,431 | Under 5 | ... | 246 | 118 | 5 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 169 | 64 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | 3 | 461 | 277 | 9 | ... | 34 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 105 | 1 | 269 | 95 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
| West Battersea | 91,928 | 94,446 | 2,835 | Under 5 | ... | 252 | 71 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 169 | 37 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | 2 | 641 | 131 | ... | 1 | 52 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 86 | ... | 404 | 60 | ... | ... | 32 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |||||
| Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary | 708 | 708 | ... | Under 5 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upwards | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Bolingbroke Hospital | 39 | 39 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster Union Schools | 183 | 183 | ... | Under 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masonic School, Battersea Rise | 316 | 316 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emanuel School, Battersea Rise | 211 | 211 | ... | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 165,115 | 168,778 | 5.266 | Under 5 | 504 | 189 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 344 | 101 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 5 | 1117 | 409 | 9 | 1 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 208 | 1 | 687 | 156 | 43 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||