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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 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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In the next table is shown the death-rate per 1,000 population from the chief zymotic diseases arranged in Wards:—
| Ward. | Population, estimated to middle 1913. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric, &c. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Zymotic Diarrhœa. | All chief Zy-motic diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nine Elms | 27,175 | - | .77 | .00 | .07 | .14 | .00 | .00 | .18 | .36 | 1.54 |
| 2. Park | 17,486 | - | .17 | .00 | .05 | .11 | .05 | .05 | .22 | .51 | 1.20 |
| 8. .Latchmere | 20,158 | - | .44 | .04 | .00 | .29 | .00 | .04 | 14 | .34 | 1.33 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 15,992 | - | .18 | .06 | .00 | .06 | .00 | .00 | .18 | .12 | .62 |
| 5. Church | 19,325 | - | .98 | .05 | .10 | .05 | .15 | .10 | .15 | .41 | 1.96 |
| 6. Winstanley | 20,178 | - | 1.28 | .09 | .04 | .19 | .04 | .00 | .34 | .49 | 2.52 |
| 7. St. John | 8,186 | - | .48 | .00 | .00 | .12 | .00 | .00 | .12 | .00 | .73 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 18,438 | - | .21 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .05 | .87 |
| 9. Broom wood | 20,536 | - | .09 | .00 | .04 | .04 | .00 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .29 |
In the next table the seasonal mortality from the different important zymotic diseases is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly, thus:—
| QuarterNo. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Zymotic Diarrhoea. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Influenza. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus | Typhoid. | Continued | ||||||||||||
| 1 | - | 67 | 9 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | - | 14 | 98 |
| 2 | - | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | - | — | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 49 |
| 8 | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | _ | - | - | 41 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 57 |
| 4 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 31 |
| Year | — | 90 | 26 | 8 | 20 | — | 6 | — | 47 | 5 | 6 | - | 27 | 235 |
Drains and sanitary fittings are tested as a routine procedure
in all infected houses in cases of diphtheria, enteric, and puerperal
fever, and as regards other diseases in such instances as may be
found necessary.