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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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The following table gives the number of small-pox cases and deaths in Battersea and in the county of London since 1891:-
| Year. | Battersea. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1891 | - | - | 114 | 8 |
| 1892 | 2 | 1 | 425 | 41 |
| 1893 | 108 | 12 | 2,815 | 206 |
| 1894 | 8 | 2 | 1,193 | 89 |
| 1895 | 20 | 1 | 980 | 55 |
| 1896 | 4 | - | 225 | 9 |
| 1897 | 1 | - | 104 | 16 |
| 1898 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 1899 | - | - | 29 | 3 |
| 1900 | - | - | 86 | 4 |
| 1901 | 51 | 4 | 1,700 | 229 |
| 1902 | 169 | 25 | 7,797 | 1,314 |
| 1903 | 33 | - | 416 | 13 |
| 1904 | 7 | - | 491 | 25 |
| 1905 | - | - | 74 | 10 |
Scarlet Fever.
The number of Scarlet Fever cases occurring in 1905 was
801, of which 24 were fatal. The scarlet fever case-rate,
death-rate, and case-mortality in 1891 and the subsequent years
are given on page 44.