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Battersea 1904
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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Erysipelas.
One hundred and fifty-nine cases were notified, 11 of
which were fatal. The case rate was .90, or .34 below the
decennial average; and the death-rate .06, or .01 below the
decennial average. 43 cases were removed to hospital, the
majority going to Union infirmaries, and the remainder to
general hospitals.
Measles.
The deaths from this disease numbered 58, or 57 below
the decennial average. 22 deaths occurred in East Battersea,
32 in North-VVest Battersea, and 4 in South-West Battersea.
The death-rate was .33, as compared with 68, the mean
death-rate for the preceding ten years, and .48, the death-rate
in the County of London. The death-rate in the sub-districts
was as follows:-East Battersea, .29; North-West Battersea,
.64; South-West Battersea, '07.
Twenty deaths were of infants under one year, 37 of
children aged from one to five years, and 1 death occurred
among children aged from five to ten years.
The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as follows :—
| First quarter | 18 |
| Second ,, | 26 |
| Third ,, | 7 |
| Fourth ,, | 7 |
The mortality from Measles in 1904 was lower than in any
previous year except 1891, when the death-rate from this
disease was .24.
On 20th January, 1903, the London County Council made
an order which had the effect of applying to Measles practically
all the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
relating to the prevention of infectious disease except notification.
This order came in force on 1st April, 1903.
Disinfection is now carried out in all cases coming to the