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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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infection, were also examined, but the result of the examination
was found to be negative.
Including Nurse G-, sent to Hospital on the 26th December,
1907, there were 12 cases notified to be suffering from
Diphtheria up to the 3rd February, 1908. These cases are set
out as follows:—
Age
Probationer Margaret G- 27
Sister Eveline K- 26
Leonard N— 9/12
Ellen J- 1
Alfred D- 1
Gertrude C- 2
Rose P- 1
Henry P- 6/12
William H- 1
Joseph M- 4
Theodora C- 2
Kate P- 33
Most of these children had been in the Infirmary for some
time, the periods since admission up to the time of their removal
to the Fever Hospital ranging from 5 months to 7 days.
| Number removed.* | Ages. | |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 8 | 2 | 3,8/12 |
| „ 10 | 3 | 1, 4, 2 |
| „ 21 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 22 | 2 | 5, 2 |
| „ 23 | 5 | 7/12, 4, 12, 5, 2 |
| „ 26 | 8 | 4, 4/12, 1, 2, 3½, 1, 2½, 5 |
| „ 27 | 5 | 12, 10, 1, 7/12,13 |
* Two of these cases were patients sent back from Hospital and re-notified.