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 1912
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages Years. | • Cast Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | East Battersea. | N.-West Battersea. | S.-West Battersea. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria | 205 | 4 | 67 | 114 | 12 | 8 | .. | 85 | 61 | 59 | 82 | 61 | 53 | |
Membranous croup | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 134 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 91 | 17 | 65 | 46 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 2 | |
Scarlet fever | 427 | 4 | 111 | 263 | 35 | 14 | .. | 198 | 127 | 102 | 198 | 125 | 91 | |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric fever | 20 | .. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | .. | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cerebro-spinal fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 28 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
Polio-encephalitis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis. | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Under Tuberculosis (in Hospital) Regulations, 1911 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1911 | .. | •• | •• | •• | ||||||||||
Totals | 826 | 39 | 192 | 392 | 63 | 123 | 17 | 377 | 256 | 193 | 303 | 212 | 150 |