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been in attendance on cases of puerperal fever attended the
shelter and had disinfectant baths; while their instruments,
instrument-bags, personal clothing, &c., were disinfected at the
Disinfecting Station. This disinfection can be enforced under
Rule 5 of the Rules framed by the Central Midwives Board.
Three nurses who had been nursing puerperal fever cases were
also disinfected at the shelter during the year.
Erysipelas.
One hundred and seventy-six cases were notified, 24 of
which were fatal. The case-rate was .99, or .14 below the
decennial average; and the death-rate .13, or .06 above the
decennial average. Fifty-six cases were removed to hospital,
the majority going to Union infirmaries, and the remainder to
general hospitals.
Measles.
The deaths from this disease numbered 124, or 19 above
the decennial average. Fifty-three deaths occurred in East
Battersea, 67 in North-West Battersea, and 4 in South-West
Battersea.
The death-rate was .70, as compared with .61, the mean
death-rate for the preceding ten years, and .36 the death-rate
in the County of London. The death-rate in the sub-districts
was as follows:—East Battersea, .71; North-West Battersea,
1.35; South-West Battersea, .07.
Thirty-one deaths were of infants under one year, 87 of
children aged from one to five years, and 6 deaths occurred
among children aged from five to ten years.

Measles began to be prevalent in Battersea at the end of
the first quarter of the year. The disease travelled eastward
through Roehampton, Putney and Wandsworth, and crossed
Battersea from west to east. The severity of the disease