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Battersea 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Zymotic Sickness and Mortality (contd.)
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The subject of sickness and mortality from these diseases
is therefore dealt with under the two distinct headings of " nonnotifiable
infectious sickness and mortality " and " notifiable
infectious sickness and mortality."
The following table compares the mortality from these
diseases during the past ten years, the death-rate being equal
to 2.4 per 1000 of the population.
TABLE XV.
| Year. | No. of Notifications received. | Notifications per 1000 of the population. | Percentage of cases removed to hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 1383 | 9.1 | 33.2 |
| 1892 | 1972 | 12.8 | 43.3 |
| 1893 | 2798 | 17.9 | 31.3 |
| 1894 | 1845 | 11.5 | 43.o |
| 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 | 7o.5 |
| 1900 | 1231 | 7.3 | 68.9 |
| Average 1891-1900 | 1897 | 11.4 | 49.2 |
| 1901 | 1148 | 6.7 | 72.1 |
Further details of Zymotic Sickness and Mortality are
dealt with under the headings of Non-Notifiable and Notifiable
Infectious Diseases.
Non-Notifiable Infectious Sickness and Mortality.
The more important diseases under this heading are
Measles, Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea, Influenza, and Chickenpox,
the first four being the larger contributors to mortality.
In the absence of such means as are afforded in the case of
notifiable infectious diseases of recording the amount of sickness
from these diseases, it is impossible to arrive at the relative