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Puerperal Fever.
The number of cases notified was 7, that number being
3 below the decennial average. 15 cases were notified in 1902
and 8 cases in 1901. The case-rate was .04, or .02 below the
mean case-rate for the preceding' ten years, which was .06.
Five cases were fatal. The death-rate was .02, or .02
below the decennial average, .04. The death-rate for London
was .04. Four cases occurred in East Battersea, 2in North-
West Battersea, and 1 in South-West Battersea.
Puerperal Fever is now considerably less prevalent than
was the case in the early part of the preceding decennium,
as is shown by Table XI. In each case the nurse attending
upon the patient was cautioned personally by the Medical
Officer of Health against attending parturient women until
after a period of three to four weeks. The clothing of the
nurse was disinfected after every case.
Erysipelas.
One hundred and forty-eight cases were notified, 11 of
which were fatal. The case-rate was .85, or .58 below the
decennial average, and the death-rate .06, or .02 below the
decennial average. 48 cases were removed to hospital, the
majority going to Union infirmaries, and the remainder to
general hospitals.
Measles.
The deaths from this disease numbered 107, or 13 above
the decennial average. 79 deaths occurred in East Battersea,
22 in North-West Battersea, and 6 in South-West Battersea.
The death-rate was .61, as compared with .62, the mean
death-rate for the preceding ten years, and .44, the death-rate
in the County of London. The death-rate in the sub-districts
was as follows:—East Battersea 1.07, North-West Battersea
.44, South-West Battersea .11.
Twenty-eight deaths were of infants under one year, 78
of children from one to five years. No deaths occurred from
five to ten years.