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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 1905

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905

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Table: TABLE III. (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 1905.

TABLE III. (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 1905.

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 Battersea.S.-West Battersea.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox........................................
Cholera.......................................
Diphtheria162...529389...625446545332
Membranous croup4...31.........4......3......
Erysipelas17611614271021685672429234
Scarlet fever80192354884821...426218157412210130
Typhus fever.......................................
Enteric fever27...18513...1296883
Relapsing fever...........................3.........
Continued fever.......................................
Puerperal fever16.........511...94...541
Plague.......................................
Totals1,186202976049315616598352236511298170