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Battersea 1900

Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900

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Notifiable Infectious Disease ... ... ... 43
Weekly Summaries ... ... ... 46
Local Government Board Table ... ... 48
Small Pox ... ... ... ... 51
Sickness and Mortality Table ... ... 52
Comparative Mortality Table ... ... 53
Table of Infectious Disease in Sanitary Districts ... 54
Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... 56
Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ( 63
Enteric Fever ... ... ... ... 67
Typhus Fever... ... ... ... 71
Erysipelas ... ... .. ... 71
Puerperal Fever ... ... ... 74
Continued Fever ... ... ... 75
Cholera ... ... ... ... 75
Bubonic Plague ... ... ... 75
Disinfection
Fumigation ... ... ... ... 81
Steam Disinfection ... ... ... 81
Infected Library Books ... ... ... 85
Destruction of Bedding, &c. ... ... 85
Flushing of Drains ... ... ... 85
Certificates of Disinfection ... ... 85
Mortuary
Proposed New Mortuary ... ... ... 86
Bodies Received, &c. ... ... ... 87
Post Mortem Examinations ... ... 88
Unidentified Bodies ... ... ... 89
Bodies Received during each Month ... ... 89
Chalets ... ... ... ... ... 90
Water Supply
Complaint to Railway and Canal Commission ... 91
Analyses of Companies' Water Supply Monthly ... 92

TABLE A.

Census Population 1891.Census Population 1896.Difference per cent. as compared with 1891.Census Population 1901.Difference per cent. as compared with 1896.Difference per cent. as compared with 1891.
The Borough150,166165,115+ 9.95168,907+ 2.29+ 12.48
East Battersea66,88471,730+ 7.2172,203+ .67+ 7.95
North - West Battersea49.93849,810- .2 549,656- .31- .40
South-West Battersea33.34443.575+ 30.6847,048+ 7.94+ 41.09