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 1908
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The following table shows the number of deaths of Battersea residents occurring in public institutions in the years 1898-1907, and the proportion in each year of such deaths to the total number of deaths:—
Before 1908. | During 1908. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Borough | Out of Borough | Total. | In Borough | Out of Borough | Total. | ||
Still on | 25 | 1 | 26 | 165 | 13 | 178 | 204 |
Discontinued (including dead) | 174 | 11 | 185 | 215 | 28 | 243 | 428 |
Dead | 14 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 53 |
Total | 199 | 12 | 211 | 380 | 41 | 421 | 632 |
The length of time during which these children were fed from
the Depot up to the end of December, 1908, is shown in the following
table:—