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Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902
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The figures for 1902 show a marked reduction on those of
the previous year, but otherwise the above table gives little
cause for congratulation, and it would seem that measures of
prevention, more special and definitely directed than those
which have hitherto been employed, are needed to attack this
disease.
The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis in 1902 was 299, as compared with 351 in 1901. The deaths from the various forms of the disease were as follows :—
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) | 222 |
| Tuberculosis of the Brain | 24 |
| Tuberculosis of the Larynx | 3 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 21 |
| General Tuberculosis | 21 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 8 |
The number of deaths from Phthisis and other Tubercular
diseases, and the death-rate per 1,000 in each of the subdistricts
is set out in the following table:—
The number of deaths from Phthisis and other Tubercular diseases, and the death-rate per 1,000 in each of the subdistricts is set out in the following table:—
| TABLE XXI. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District. | Phthisis. | Other Tubercular Diseases. | Total. | |||
| No. of Deaths. | Rate. | No. of Deaths. | Rate. | No. of Deaths. | Rate | |
| East Battersea) | 103 | 1.41 | 38 | 52 | 141 | 1.93 |
| Nth.-West 1 Battersea | 73 | 1.47 | 22 | 44 | 95 | 1.91 |
| Sth.-West. Battersea | 46 | 93 | 17 | 34 | 63 | 1.28 |
| The Borough | 222 | 1.29 | 77 | 44 | 299 | 1.74 |