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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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Drainage Defects, &c., in Houses in which cases of
Infectious Disease were notified.
Sub-divided according to the different Notifiable
Diseases, the results show as follows :—

Table: Sub-divided according to the different Notifiable Diseases, the results show as follows :—

Sub-divided according to the different Notifiable Diseases, the results show as follows :—

DISEASE.No. of houses invaded.Number showing defects as to—Percentage showing drainage defects.Percentage showing no drainage defects.
Drains.Traps, fittings and appliances.Total.
Small-pox------
Cholera------
Diphtheria2813465993565
Erysipelas1712911694
Scarlet Fever72238701081486
Typhus------
Typhoid2974113862
Continued Fever11-1100-
Puerperal Fever132132377
Total1,217841492331981