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Battersea 1899
Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899
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6 District, but no common source was attributable to the
remainder, although suspicion was attached to attendance at
Mantua Street School. The speedy abatement of the outbreak,
in both districts however, rendered action in regard to the latter
school unnecessary.
TABLE XXVII.
Effect of closure of the Infants' Department of Plough Road Board School.
| Period. | No. of Cases of Diphtheria | Rate per week. |
|---|---|---|
| Four weeks preceding closing of Infants' Department | 34 | 8.5 |
| First week after | 6 | 6.0 |
| Second week after | 1 | 1.0 |
On no occasion during the year has any difficulty been
experienced in obtaining accommodation in the hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylumns Board, a circumstance too common in
some former years. The Board has arranged that in the event
of a recurrence of such a conditions of affairs, medical practitioners
shall be supplied gratuitously with anti-toxin serum for the
immediate treatment of the case pending the obtaining of a bed
in the hospital. The serum would be obtained from the Public
Health Department at the Municipal Buildings, the supply being
replenished when necessary from the Laboratories of the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons by arrangement with the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
One complaint was received by this Department concerning
alleged undue delay, on the 14th March, in the removal of a case
to hospital which afterwards terminated fatally. The matter was