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Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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The diseases at present notifiable are :—Small-pox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria and membranous croup, cholera, erysipelas,
typhus, typhoid, continued, relapsing and puerperal fevers.
By an Order of the Local Government Board, 19th September,
1900, bubonic plague was also made notifiable.
On 28th January, 1902, the London County Council made
an Order under section 56, sub-section 6, of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, making chicken-pox a notifiable disease
in the County of London for a period of three calendar months.
The Order came into force on 7th February, and was twice
renewed, finally expiring on 7th January, 1903.
The number of cases notified during the year was 1,003,
excluding chicken-pox cases. In East Battersea, 387 cases
were notified ; in North-West Battersea, 385 ; in South-West
Battersea, 231.
The number of cases notified and the proportion per 1,000 population are set out as follows :—
| Total number of cases notified. | No. of cases notified excluding Chicken-pox. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population excluding Chicken-pox. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Borough | 1,048 | 1,003 | 5.7 |
| East Battersea | 411 | 387 | 5.2 |
| North-West Battersea | 395 | 385 | 7.7 |
| South-West Battersea | 242 | 231 | 4.5 |
The notifications included 33 cases of small-pox and 45
cases of chicken-pox. No cases of typhus fever, relapsing
fever, cholera, or plague were notified.
TABLE XIII.
| Year. | No. of Notifications received. | Notifications per 1,000 of the population. | Percentage of cases removed to hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 2798 | 17.9 | 31.3 |
| 1894 | 1845 | 11.5 | 43.0 |
| 1895 | 1657 | 10.1 | 40.5 |
| 1896 | 1929 | 11.6 | 46.8 |
| 1897 | 2569 | 15.4 | 52.5 |
| 1898 | 1887 | 11.3 | 62.9 |
| 1899 | 1702 | 10.1 | 70.5 |
| 1900 | 1231 | 7.3 | 68.9 |
| 1901 | 1148 | 6.7 | 72.1 |
| 1902 | 1597 | 9.3 | 78.0 |
| Average 1893-1902 | 1836 | 11.1 | 56.6 |
| 1903 | 1003 | 5.7 | 74.6 |