Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Erysipelas.
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TABLE XXVII.
Deaths from all causes in the Year 1901.
(Exclusive of the deaths of Non-Residents in Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the deaths of Residents in Public Institutions without the Borough.
Diseases | AGES. | All Ages. | Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 10 years. | 10 to x5 years. | 15 to 20 years. | 20 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 55 years. | 55 to 65 years. | 65 to 75 years. | 75 to 85 years. | 85 years and upwards. | Males. | Females. | Total | East Battersea. | North-West Battersea. | South-West Battersea. | |
Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Measles | 28 | 95 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 67 | 59 | 126 | 74 | 45 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | ... | 2 |
Epidemic Influenza | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ... | 11 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
Whooping Cough | 38 | 38 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 41 | 79 | 48 | 24 | 7 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Diarrhoea. Dysentery | 131 | 21 | ... | .... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 95 | 70 | 165 | 65 | 81 | 19 |
Epidemic Enteritis | 46 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ••• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 23 | 52 | 40 | 8 | 4 |
Tetanus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Syphilis | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ... |
Hospital Treatment. —Forty-one cases were removed to
hospitals, namely, the Union Infirmary or general hospitals, but
principally the former. Those cases thus removed represented
25.2 per cent, of the cases notified.
Mortality.—The deaths recorded during the year numbered
seventeen; of these six occurred in hospital and eleven at
home, representing 14.6 and 8.8 per cent, respectively, or
together 10.3 per cent, of the cases notified.
The Erysipelas mortality rate was equal to 0.09 per 1,000
of the population.