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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 1904

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904

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Table: TABLE XXX. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.

TABLE XXX. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.East Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West Battersea.East Battersea.N.-West BatterseaS.-West Battersea.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25. 25 to65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox7.........42...7......7......
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria193563971315...547960476639
Membranous croup6141...4...22...1
Erysipelas159115918971979493126134
Scarlet fever3754862422815...187741141717282
Typhus fever.......................................
Enteric fever51...2111127...21191115179
Relapsing fever. . .....................................
Continued fever2...2..................2...... ....
Puerperal fever8.........35...5i22I...
Plague.......................................
Totals801211623617716119357222222270I69135