London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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CONTENTS.
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Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Births 11
Deaths 21
Deaths in Public Institutions 23
Infantile Mortality 26
Marriages 20
Population 11
Senile Mortality 29
Vital Statistics of the Latchmere Estate 29
Infectious and other Diseases.
Alcoholism 60
Bacteriological Examination 62
Cancer
Causes of Death 35
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 59
Diarrhœa 55
Diphtheria 47
Enteric Fever 49
Erysipelas 51
Measles 51
Notifications, Table of 40
Notifications, Cost of 39
Puerperal Fever 50
Scarlet Fever 43
Small-pox 42
Tuberculosis 56
Whooping Cough 54
Zymotic Mortality 35
General Sanitary Administration.
Ambulances 92
Block Dwellings 93
Butchers' Shops 104
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897 87
Common Lodging Houses 95
Cow-houses 101