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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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WHOOPING COUGH.
1906—
Total number of cases at ages 3 to 7 years 291
Percentage of cases at ages 3 to 7 years to total
cases 92 per cent.
Total number of deaths under 5 years of age 76
Percentage of deaths under 5 years of age to
total deaths 96 per cent.
1907 (January to June)—
Total number of cases at ages 3 to 7 years 346
Percentage of cases at ages 3 to 7 years to total
cases 92 per cent.
1907 (whole year)—
Total number of deaths under 5 years of age 62
Percentage of deaths under 5 years of age to
total deaths 100 per cent.
MEASLES.
1905—
Total number of cases (suffering and not
suffering) reported from schools 900
Total number of deaths under 5 years of age 118
Percentage of deaths under 5 years of age to
total deaths 95 per cent.
1906—
Total number of cases (suffering and not
suffering) reported from schools 903
Total number of deaths under 5 years of age 44
Percentage of deaths under 5 years of age to
total deaths 100 per cent.