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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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Below will be found a table giving a list of schools, and
showing the number of cases of non-notifiable infectious diseases
reported during 1908:—
Infectious Illness Reported from Schools during the Year 1908.
| 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 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 11 |
| Battersea Park Road | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 36 | — | 93 | 17 |
| Belleville Road | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 33 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 122 | 64 |
| Bolingbroke Road | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | — | 9 | 4 | 12 | — | 36 | 16 |
| Ethelburga Street | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 43 | — | 121 | 20 |
| Gideon Road | 40 | 21 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 31 | — | 79 | 24 |
| Holden Street | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | — | 11 | 5 | 15 | — | 46 | 11 |
| Honeywell Road | 80 | 20 | — | — | 8 | — | 95 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 215 | 53 |
| The Latchmere | 29 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 48 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 109 | — | 237 | 63 |
| Lavender Hill | 64 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 161 | 43 |
| Mantua Street | 9 | 16 | 69 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 27 | — | 137 | 43 |
| New Road | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | — | 33 | 25 |
| Plough Road | 27 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 27 | — | 113 | 34 |
| Ponton Road | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Raywood Street | 8 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 162 | — | 214 | 41 |
| St. Andrew's Street | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 10 | 2 |
| St. George's | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| St. John's | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| St.Mark's | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | 15 | 3 |
| St. Mary's (Green Lane) | 9 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 28 | — | 64 | 30 |
| Shillington Street | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | — | 25 | 13 |
| Sleaford Street | 40 | 24 | 5 | — | 28 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 118 | 1 | 218 | 62 |
| Surrey Lane | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | — |
| Tennyson Street | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | — | 10 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 59 | 15 |
| Winstanley Road | 8 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 124 | 34 |
| Wix's Lane | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 7 | — | 83 | 17 |
| Wycliffe Road | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| SCHOOLS OUT OF THE BOROUGH. | ||||||||||||
| Cooks Ground,Chelsea | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Eltringham Street | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | 6 |
| Hearnville Road | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Springfield Road | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 | — |
| Worple Way | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Clapham Parochial | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Holy Trinity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 437 | 269 | 256 | 88 | 302 | 76 | 435 | 206 | 826 | 12 | 2,256 | 651 |
* Note.—S — Suffering. NS = Excluded owing to infection in house.