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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| Month. | Week of Year. | Cases of Infectious Disease Notified. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever. | | Continued and Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | |||||
| 1908. | 1907. | 1906. | ||||||||||||
| January | 1 | .. | 5 | 5 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 23 | 19 |
| 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 24 | 29 | |
| 3 | .. | 8 | 5 | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 37 | 24 | |
| 4 | .. | 13 | 4 | 19 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 23 | 30 | |
| February | 5 | .. | 10 | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 25 | 14 |
| 6 | .. | 8 | 4 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 22 | 24 | |
| 7 | .. | 4 | 2 | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 38 | 15 | |
| 8 | .. | 6 | 3 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 28 | 15 | |
| March | 9 | .. | 12 | 2 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 24 | 16 |
| 10 | .. | 9 | 5 | 13 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 30 | 15 | |
| 11 | .. | 8 | 5 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 24 | 20 | |
| 12 | .. | 7 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 29 | 15 | |
| 13 | .. | 6 | 3 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 23 | 16 | |
| April | 14 | .. | 7 | 8 | 21 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 37 | 23 |
| 15 | .. | 6 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 26 | 21 | ||
| 16 | .. | 4 | i | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 31 | 20 | |
| 17 | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 28 | 22 | ||
| May | 18 | .. | 2 | 3 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 30 | 18 |
| 19 | .. | 4 | 4 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 30 | 21 | |
| 20 | .. | 2 | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 29 | 28 | |
| 21 | .. | 2 | 4 | 23 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 27 | 24 | |
| June | 22 | .. | 2 | 4 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 38 | 19 |
| 23 | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 25 | 15 | |
| 24 | .. | .. | 2 | , 19 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 23 | 28 | 20 | |
| 25 | .. | 5 | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 23 | 16 | 38 | |
| 26 | .. | 2 | 3 | 19 | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 22 | 21 | |