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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 following table gives the number of Small-pox cases and deaths in Battersea and in the County of London since 1891:—
| Year. | Battersea. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1891 | — | — | 114 | 8 |
| 1892 | 2 | 1 | 425 | 41 |
| 1893 | 108 | 12 | 2,815 | 206 |
| 1894 | 8 | 2 | 1,193 | 89 |
| 1895 | 20 | 1 | 980 | 55 |
| 1896 | 4 | — | 225 | 9 |
| 1897 | 1 | — | 104 | 16 |
| 1898 | 1 | — | 33 | 1 |
| 1899 | — | — | 29 | 3 |
| 1900 | — | — | 86 | 4 |
| 1901 | 51 | 4 | 1,700 | 229 |
| 1902 | 169 | 25 | 7,797 | 1,314 |
| 1903 | 33 | — | 416 | 13 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | 491 | 25 |
| 1905 | — | — | 74 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | — | 31 | — |
| 1907 | — | — | — | — |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — |
Contacts were watched on their arrival within the Borough
during 1908 in connection with Small-pox cases that had occurred
on board vessels arriving from abroad. All these were kept under
observation for a period of 16 days.
Scarlet Fever.
Scarlet Fever was again very prevalent in Battersea during
1908, 1,099 cases being notified and 24 deaths registered from the
disease, giving a case mortality of 2.1 per cent. In 1907, 922
cases were notified and 24 deaths registered—i.e., a case mortality
of 2.1 per cent. The annual averages for the ten years (18911900)
are: (1) Notified cases, 979.3 ; and (2) deaths, 30.4.