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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 1909
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909
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The following table gives the death-rate from each of the chief zymotic diseases compared with the mean death-rate for the decennium 1899-1908, the gain or loss in each case being also shown:—
| Diseases. | Mean Deathrate per 1,000 1899-1908. | Death-rate per 1,000 1909. | Gain in 1909. | Loss in 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | .. |
| Measles | .. | |||
| Erysipelas | 0.06 | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | |||
| Diphtheria | 0.12 | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | |||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | 0.37 | .. | ||
| Diarrhœa | .. |
The great improvement which has taken place in this respect
will be seen by an inspection of the table.
In the next table is shown the death-rate from the chief
zymotic diseases aranged in Wards:—
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric, &c. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Epidemic Diarrhœa. | All chief Zymotic diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31,882 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Park | ||||||||||||
| 3. Latchmere | ||||||||||||
| 4. Shaftesbury | 17,703 | |||||||||||
| 5. Church | ||||||||||||
| 7. St. John | ||||||||||||
| 8. Bolingbroke | 20,651 | |||||||||||
| 9. Broomwood. | ||||||||||||
The seasonal mortality from the different important zymotic
diseases is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly, thus:—