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Battersea 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Erysipelas.
There were 62 cases of Erysipelas notified and 1 death was
recorded from the disease during 1935 in Battersea. The casemortality
was 1.6 per cent, of the total incidence, and the deathrate
per 1,000 population was 0.01.
Measles.
Seventy-nine cases of Measles were notified during 1935 under
the Battersea (Measles and Whooping Cough) Regulations, 1922,
and 10 additional cases reported from schools and other sources,
making a total of 89 cases, being 0.6 per 1,000 of the population.
No death from the disease was recorded.
The corresponding figures for 1934 were: cases 3,719, incidence
per 1,000 population 24.65, deaths 32, death-rate 0.21, case-mortality
rate 0.86 per cent.
Of the 89 cases, 19 were removed to hospital.
The table below gives particulars for 1935, and in two-yearly
periods of the biennial epidemics of measles which have occurred
since the Regulations requiring the notification of measles in
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Incidence and Mortality of Measles in Epidemic Periods, 1921-1934 and in 1935.
| Period. | Cases notified or reported. | Deaths | Death rate per 1,000 Population | Case rate per 100,000 Population | Case mortality (per 100 cases). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10. | All ages. | |||||
| 1921-2 | 3,209 | 68 | 1 .13 | .201 | 948.3 | 2.12 |
| 1923-4 | 4,111 | 75 | 1.28 | .220 | 1203.5 | 1.82 |
| 1925-6 | 4,997 | 47 | .87 | .137 | 1452.6 | 0.94 |
| 1927-8 | 4,197 | 37 | .70 | .111 | 1260.0 | 0.88 |
| 1929-30 | 3,921 | 43 | .83 | .133 | 1215.8 | 1.10 |
| 1931-32 | 3,002 | 25 | .51 | .079 | 947.6 | 0.83 |
| 1933-34 | 4,219 | 33 | .72 | .108 | 1383.9 | 0.78 |
| 1935 | 89 | - | - | - | 60.5 | - |
Whooping-Cough.
During 1935 there were 699 cases of Whooping-Cough notified
under the Battersea (Measles and Whooping-Cough) Regulations,
1922, to the Medical Officer of Health and 366 additional cases were
reported from the public elementary schools and other sources.
The total number of cases notified or otherwise reported during
1935 was 1,065, as compared with 682 in 1934, 976 in 1933, 1,109
in 1932, and 747 in 1931, the increase in 1935 compared with 1934
being 56 per cent. Of the total cases, notified and reported,
74 were removed to hospital.
There were 9 deaths registered from this disease, the deathrate
being 0.06.