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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 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases (Rates calculated per 1,000 persons on the population estimated to the middle of each year).
| Year. | Small-pox. | Erysipelas. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric and Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1901 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.04 | 1.56 | 0.11 | 3.60 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | — |
| 1902 | 0.98 | 0.14 | 1.14 | 0.06 | 1.60 | 0.10 | 4.98 | 0.13 | 0.51 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | — |
| 1903 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.06 | 1.62 | 0.16 | 2.58 | 0.04 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 | — | — |
| 1904 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.06 | 1.13 | 0.07 | 2.13 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | — | — |
| 1905 | 0 .00 | 0 .00 | 0.99 | 0.13 | 0.93 | 0.06 | 4.51 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.05 | — | — |
| 1906 | 0 .00 | 0 .00 | 0.89 | 0.05 | 1.39 | 0.09 | 5.62 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.04 | — | — |
| 1907 | 0 .00 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.02 | 1.73 | 0.20 | 5.07 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.005 |
| 1908 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 0.02 | 1.84 | 0.11 | 5.97 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1909 | 0.00 | 0 .00 | 0.83 | 0.02 | 1.42 | 0.12 | 3.77 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 1.10 | 0.06 | 2.33 | 0.03 | 1.21 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Average 1901-1910 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.90 | 0.05 | 1.43 | 0.10 | 4.05 | 0.08 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.03 | — | — |
| 1911 | 0.00 | 0. 00 | 0.96 | •02 | 1.23 | 0.12 | 1.93 | •02 | 0.12 | .02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
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This table is recommended for use by the Society of Medical Officers of Health, as a record of " the frequency and mortality of infectious
diseases in the whole district for a series of years."