London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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
This page requires JavaScript
47
Drainage Defects, &c., in Houses in which cases of
Infectious Disease were notified.
Sub-divided according to the different Notifiable Diseases
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 265 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 24 | 76 |
| Erysipelas | 150 | — | 10 | 10 | 6 | 94 |
| Scarlet Fever | 824 | 23 | 120 | 143 | 17 | 83 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 27 | — | 7 | 7 | 25 | 75 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 3 | — | 3 | 42 | 58 |
| Total | 1,273 | 51 | 176 | 227 | 17 | 83 |