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Battersea 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Enteric Fever.
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Local Distribution. One hundred and eight of the cases
occurred in East Battersea and ninety seven in West Battersea.
The following tables shew the distribution of the cases in the
eight sanitary districts during the past three years. The
disease has been the most prevalent during each of the past two
years in No. 1 Sanitary District.
TABLE XXI.
Sanitary District.
Number of cases of Enteric Fever notified.
1898
1900
1899
No. 1
14
33
50
16
32
„ 2
22
35
„ 3
12
11
12
23
„ 4
30
22
11
20
„ 5
30
23
„ 6
10
„ 7
9
14
11
„ 8
5
7
4
Totals.
94
157
205
Hospital Treatment. One hundred and forty-four cases were
removed to hospital representing 70.2 per cent of the cases
notified compared with 79.6 during the preceding year.
General Remarks. It is difficult to account for the great increase
in prevalence of Enteric Fever during the past two years. In