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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 next table gives the deaths-rate from each of the chief zymotic diseases compared with the mean deaths-rate for the ten years 1897-1906, the gain or loss in each case being also shown.
| Diseases. | Mean Death-rate per 1,000 1897-1907 | Deaths-rate per | Gain in 1907. | Loss in 1907. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ... |
| Measles | 0.53 | 0.39 | 0.14 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.05 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.11 | 0.11 | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.05 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.08 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.06 | ... |
| Diarrhoea | 0.81 | 0.25 | 0.56 | ... |
Death Rate per 1,000 population from the chief Zymotic
Diseases arranged in Wards.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric, &c. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Epidemic Diarrhoea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nine Elms | 31192 | .00 | .32 | .03 | .12 | .06 | .06 | .09 | .44 | .4 |
| 2. Park | 19629 | .oo | .86 | .10 | .15 | .25 | .00 | .05 | .35 | .40 |
| 3. Latchmere | 22207 | .00 | .63 | .00 | .04 | .18 | .00 | .00 | .36 | .27 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 17319 | .00 | .00 | .05 | .11 | .23 | .05 | .00 | .34 | .23 |
| 5. Church | 21012 | .00 | .33 | .04 | .14 | .19 | .00 | .00 | .19 | .38 |
| 6. Winstanley | 22210 | .00 | .67 | .00 | .04 | .49 | .04 | .04 | .58 | .18 |
| 7. St. John's | 8941 | .00 | .22 | .00 | .11 | .22 | .00 | .00 | .11 | .22 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 20198 | .00 | .14 | .00 | .04 | .19 | .00 | .00 | .29 | .04 |
| 9. Broomwood | 19181 | .00 | .20 | .00 | .20 | .10 | .00 | .10 | .15 | .05 |