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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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The following tables show the age incidence and the chief fatal diseases distributed in the sub-districts during 1907:-
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Age in Months. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 11- | ||
| East Battersea | 95 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 257 |
| North-West Battersea | 76 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 211 |
| South-West Battersea | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
| The Borough | 202 | 54 | 47 | 37 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 17 | 526 |
The following tables show the age incidence and the chief fatal diseases distributed in the sub-districts during 1907:-
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Causes of Death. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea. | Prematurity. | Marasmus. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Convulsions. | Measles. | Whooping cough | Accidents. | Tuberculosis. | Diphtheria, Erysipelas, &c. | Miscellaneous. | ||
| East Battersea | 33 | 62 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 257 | ||
| North-West Battersea | 27 | 37 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 211 | |
| South-West Battersea | 7 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 8 | - | - | 9 | 58 | |
| The Borough | 67 | 126 | 68 | 72 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 86 | 526 | ||||
In the next table is shown the incidence of mortality from
the chief diseases of infancy in the first and second three
months and the last six months of the first year of life
respectively :—