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Battersea 1907
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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It will be seen from the above table that, while the casemortality
and the death-rate per 1,000 were higher than in
1906, taking the averages for the ten years 1891-1900, it will
be found that these are considerably lower (i.e., 33 per cent. and
66 per cent.. respectively).
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In the County of London the case-rate was 1.8, the deathrate
.16, and the case mortality 8.9 per cent.
The distribution of the disease in the three registration
sub-districts of the Borough, together with the number of
deaths among both hospital and home-treated patients during
1907, is shown in the following table:—
The distribution of the disease in the three registration sub-districts of the Borough, together with the number of deaths among both hospital and home-treated patients during 1907, is shown in the following table:—
| Registration Sub-Districts. | No. of cases notified. | Cases treated at home. | Cases removed to hospital. | No. of Deaths. | Case-mortality per cent. | Case-rate per 1,000 population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At home. | At hospital. | Total. | ||||||
| East Battersea | 141 | 7 | 134 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7.8 | 1.86 |
| North-West Battersea | 104 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 18.2 | 2.10 |
| South-West Battersea | 70 | 7 | 63 | • • • | 8 | 8 | 11.4 | 1.23 |
It will be noted that the disease has been fairly uniformly
distributed over the Borough, though on the whole South-West
Battersea has suffered less than the other two registration subdistricts
of the Borough. Generally speaking, the incidence of
the disease is heavier in the poorer and more congested parts
of the district. In the Wards this is even more strikingly
manifest. Most cases occurred in Winstanley Ward, and
fewest in St. John.
Two hundred and ninety-eight of the cases notified were
removed to hospital, or 94.6 per cent. of the total. In 1906 the
percentage of cases removed to hospital was 89.6, and in 1905
83.7. In the sub-districts the percentage of cases removed to