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Battersea 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Scarlet Fever.
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Local Distribution. —The distribution of the cases in the
East and West Divisions was most remarkably equal, two
hundred and seventy-two occurring in the former, and two
hundred and seventy-six in the latter. The sanitary districts
at first sight do not appear to shew such equality in that respect,
but it must be remembered that their sizes and populations
greatly vary. The following table compares the incidence of
Scarlet Fever in the eight Sanitary Districts during the past
three years. It will be observed that District No. 6 shews
the greatest improvement.
TABLE XIX.
Sanitary District.
Number of Cases of Scarlet Fever
Notified.
1898.
1899
1900
No. 1
69
88
71
123
100
„ 2
146
132
84
4 6
„ 3
130
69
8 9
„ 4
74
66
„ 5
123
„ 6
175
39
113
55
83
66
„ 7
5 1
36
„ 8
50
809
721
548
Totals
Hospital Treatment. Four hundred and thirty-nine of the
cases were removed to hospital, representing 80.1 per cent, of