Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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Year.
Cases.
Case Rate
per 1,000
population.
Deaths.
Death-rate
per 1,000
population.
Casemortality
per cent.
1891 738 4.89 38 0.25 5.1
1892 1,171 7.61 42 0.27 3.5
1893 1,407 8.97 32 0.20 2.2
1894 837 5.24 30 0.18 3.5
1895 830 5.09 28 0.17 3.3
1896 1,111 6.72 32 0.19 2.8
1897 1,621 9.76 47 0.28 2.9
1898 809 4.84 28 0.16 3.4
1899 721 4.30 14 0.08 1.9
1900 548 3.25 13 0.07 2.3
1901 609 3.60 9 0.05 1.4
1902 854 4.98 23 0.13 2.6
1903 448 2.58 7 0.04 1.5
1904 375 2.13 11 0.06 2.9
In the sub-districts, the number of cases per 1,000
population was as follows:—East Battersea, 2.52; North-West
Battersea, 1.49; South-West Battersea, 2.19. The number
of cases per 1,000 population in the County of London was
2.89, and the death-rate 0.07.
The following gives the age distribution of the cases
notified, and of the fatal cases:—