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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 1907
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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Infectious Illness Reported from Schools during the Year 1907.
| SCHOOLS. | Measles. | Mumps. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken-pox. | Other diseases. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | S | NS | |
| Basnett Road | 11 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 17 |
| Battersea Park Road | 68 | 28 | 7 | ... | 4 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 120 | 50 |
| Belleville Road | 21 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | • • • | 24 | 3 | 79 | 41 |
| Bolingbroke Road | 23 | 61 | • • • | • • • | 7 | • • • | 1 | 2 | 10 | • • • | 41 | 63 |
| Ethelburga Street | 57 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 96 | 30 |
| Gideon Road | 42 | 47 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 107 | 73 |
| Holden Street | 41 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 110 | 39 |
| Honeywell Road | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 11 | ••• | 74 | 31 |
| The Latchmere | 15 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 42 | 3 | 107 | 45 |
| Lavender Hill | 34 | 18 | 33 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 182 | 49 |
| Mantua Street | 55 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 19 | ... | 107 | 58 |
| New Road | 63 | 65 | 5 | • • • | 30 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 7 | • • • | 111 | 95 |
| Plough Road | 36 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 151 | 45 |
| Ponton Road | 6 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | • • • | 2 | 7 | • • • | ... | 8 | 32 |
| Raywood Street | 78 | 81 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 41 | 63 | 86 | 3 | 247 | 174 |
| St. Andrew's Street | 9 | 8 | ... | • • • | 3 | • • • | 3 | 2 | 7 | • • • | 22 | 10 |
| St. George's | • • • | 4 | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | 4 | 2 | ... | • • • | 4 | 6 |
| St. John's | 5 | 13 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| St. Mark's | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | • • • | • • • | 9 | • • • | 1 | ... | 21 | 9 |
| St. Mary's (Green Lane) | 22 | 43 | * 2 | ... | 12 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 77 |
| Shillington Street | 48 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ... | 100 | 24 |
| Sleaford Street | 40 | 42 | 2 | ••• | 31 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 44 | 1 | 142 | 77 |
| Surrey Lane | 18 | 24 | • • • | ••• | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ••• | 25 | 24 |
| Tennyson Street | 97 | 30 | 3 | ••• | 7 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 154 | 40 |
| Winstanley Road | 55 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 91 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 35 | ••• | 197 | 71 |
| Wix Lane | 75 | w 17 | 20 | 8 | 22 | ... | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 146 | 34 |
| Wycliffe Road | • • • | 3 | 1 | ... | • • • | • • • | 1 | 3 | ••• | ... | 2 | 6 |
| SCHOOLS OUT OF THE BOROUGH. | ||||||||||||
| Aristotle Road | 1 | ••• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Eltringham Street | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | • • • | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Springfield | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Total | 931 | 746 | 241 | 84 | 463 | 124 | 318 | 263 | 496 | 33 | 2.449 | 1,250 |
| * Note.—S = Suffering. NS = Excluded owing to infection in house. | ||||||||||||