London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Battersea Borough Council.
Chart indicating the prevalence of notifiable infectious disease during each week of the year 1900.
TABLE XIX.
| Year. | Children not finally accounted for (including cases postponed) per cent. of total births. | |
|---|---|---|
| Battersea. | London. | |
| 1891 | 13.7 | 16.4 |
| 1892 | 15.1 | 18.4 |
| 1893 | 22.1 | 18.2 |
| 1894 | 11.1 | 20.6 |
| 1895 | 46.7 | 24.9 |
| 1896 | 24.1 | 26.4 |
| 1897 | 36.6 | 29.1 |
| 1898 | 51.1 | 33.0 |
| 1899 | 36.9 | — |
| 1900 | 43.3 | — |