Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 :β
Sub-divided according to the different Notifiable Diseases, the results show as follows :β
| DISEASE. | No. of houses invaded. | Number showing defects as toβ | Percentage showing drainage defects. | Percentage showing no drainage defects. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drains. | Traps, fittings and appliances. | Total. | ||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 281 | 34 | 65 | 99 | 35 | 65 |
| Erysipelas | 171 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 94 |
| Scarlet Fever | 722 | 38 | 70 | 108 | 14 | 86 |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid | 29 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 | |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 100 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 77 |
| Total | 1,217 | 84 | 149 | 233 | 19 | 81 |