Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908 page 44

Battersea 1908

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908

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Similar conclusions are to be drawn from a comparison of the
death rates from the chief zymotic diseases in the different Wards
of the Borough, as shown in the table on page 45, from which
it will be seen that of the nine Wards, Church Ward shows the
highest and St. John Ward the lowest zymotic death rates.

Table: It will further be noted that, in the case of only one disease—i.e., scarlet fever— will the figure be found to be higher than the average for the decennium.

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It will further be noted that, in the case of only one disease—i.e., scarlet fever— will the figure be found to be higher than the average for the decennium.

	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	Decennial average.	1908
Small-pox	..	..	..	4	25	..	..	..	..	..	3	..
Measles	119	103	81	126	99	107	58	124	44	72	93	47
Erysipelas	18	17	17	10	11	11	11	24	10	5	13	5
Scarlet Fever	28	14	13	9	23	7	11	24	24	20	17	24
Diphtheria	120	63	32	20	18	29	14	11	17	38	36	22
Enteric Fever, &c.	15	39	32	18	16	17	12	6	8	4	17	7
Puerperal Fever .	6	7	3	8	14	5	2	9	8	7	7	5
Whooping Cough	71	52	108	79	63	79	61	49	79	62	70	39
Epidemic Diarrhœa	154	123	149	217	98	92	184	128	149	47	134	89
Totals	531	418	435	491	367	347	353	375	339	255	390	238

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Table: It will further be noted that, in the case of only one disease—i.e., scarlet fever— will the figure be found to be higher than the average for the decennium.