Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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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).
Years.
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.
s
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
003
0.02
0.02
1911
0.00
0.00
0.96
0.02
1.23
0.12
1.93
0.02
0.12
0.02
0.05
0.01
0.04
0.04
1912
0.00
0.00
0.79
0.02
1.25
0.10
2.54
0.03
0.12
0.01
0.03
0.005
0.00
0.00
1913
0.00
0.00
0.73
0.02
1.49
0.11
5.35
0.05
0.08
0.03
0.05
0.03
0.01
0.01
1914
0.00
0.00
0.93
0.03
1.46
0.10
5.55
0.06
0.10
0.01
0.07
0.02
0.005
0.005
1915
0.00
0.00
0.85
0.03
2.24
0.18
3.82
0.05
0.12
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.12
0.04
1916
0.00
0.00
1.20
0.01
2.01
0.17
2.01
0.04
0.14
0.01
0.13
0.04
0.14
0.03
1917
0.00
0.00
0.47
0.01
1.18
0.09
1.53
0.03
0.09
0.05
0.03
0.03
0.08
0.07
1918
0.00
0.00
0.50
0.01
1.43
0.15
1.64
0.03
0.04
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.06
0.05
Average
1909-1918
0.00
0.00
0.82
0.02
1.48
0.12
3.05
0.04
0.23
0.02
0.05
0.02
0.05
0.03
1919
0.02
0.00
0.58
0.02
1.44
0.13
3.04
0.02
0.07
0.02
0.07
0.03
0.06
0.04
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."