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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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The fees paid to medical practitioners for notification of infectious disease in Battersea for each year since 1891 are set out below:—
| Year. | Amount paid to Medical Prac itioners. | Cost per 1,000 Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1891 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 |
| 1892 | 224 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 1893 | 321 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 1894 | 208 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 1895 | 197 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1896 | 229 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 1897 | 310 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 |
| 1898 | 229 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| 1899 | 203 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 1900 | 146 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 1901 | 136 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 1902(including Chicken-pox) 343 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1903 do. | 137 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 1904 do. | 171 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| 1905 | 146 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| 1906 | 183 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1907 | 183 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1908 | 199 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
The increase in 1902 is accounted for by the fact that chickenpox
was very prevalent in that year, and had been temporarily
added to the list of notifiable diseases on account of the outbreak of
small-pox in that year.
The Chart inserted at page 43 gives a graphic representation
of the rise and fall of the chief notifiable infectious diseases.
This, studied in connection with the tables on pages 53 and
54, is instructive, as showing the seasonal and other fluctuations
peculiar to the incidence of infectious disease.
There was an increase in the number of notifications of
Scarlet Fever during 1908, viz., 16 per cent., as compared with
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