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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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Scarlet Fever.
| Year. | Cases. | Case Rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Casemortality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 738 | 4.89 | 38 | 0.25 | 5.1 |
| 1892 | 1,171 | 7.61 | 42 | 0.27 | 3.5 |
| 1893 | 1,407 | 8.97 | 32 | 0.20 | 2.2 |
| 1894 | 837 | 5.24 | 30 | 0.18 | 3.5 |
| 1895 | 830 | 5.09 | 28 | 0.17 | 3.3 |
| 1896 | 1,111 | 6.72 | 32 | 0.19 | 2.8 |
| 1897 | 1,621 | 9.76 | 47 | 0.28 | 2.9 |
| 1898 | 809 | 4.84 | 28 | 0.16 | 3.4 |
| 1899 | 721 | 4.30 | 14 | 0.08 | 1.9 |
| 1900 | 548 | 3.25 | 13 | 0.07 | 2.3 |
| 1901 | 609 | 3.60 | 9 | 0.05 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 854 | 4.98 | 23 | 0.13 | 2.6 |
| 1903 | 448 | 2.58 | 7 | 0.04 | 1.5 |
In the sub-districts, the number of cases per 1,000
population was as follows: —East Battersea, 2.50; North-West
Battersea, 3.00 ; South-West Battersea, 2.27. The number
of cases per 1,000 population in the County of London was
27 and the death-rate 0.07.
The following table gives the age distribution of the cases notified, and of the fatal cases :—
| Age Periods—Years. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | u | |
| Cases | 6 | 21 | 27 | 34 | 57 | 179 | 57 | 50 | 17 | 448 |
| Deaths | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 |
The disease was of a very mild type, as is shown by the
low case mortality. Scarlet Fever has greatly diminished
in fatality during recent years, and now gives rise to far less
mortality than measles or whooping cough.