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Battersea 1910
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910
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The following table gives the death-rate from each of the chief zymotic diseases compared with the mean death-rate for the decennium1900-9, the gain or loss in each case being also shown.
| Diseases. | Mean Death-rate per 1,000 1900-1909. | Death-rate per 1,000 1910. | Gain in 1910. | Loss in 1910. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | .. |
| Measles | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.07 | .. |
| Erysipelas | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.01 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | .. |
| Diphtheria | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.06 | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.11 | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 0.66 | 0.31 | 0.35 | .. |
It will be noted from an inspection of the table that in the case
of each disease mentioned there has been a gain as compared with
decennial figure.
In the next table is shown the death-rate from the chief zymotic
diseases arranged in Wards :—
Death Rate per 1,000 Population from the chief Zymotic Diseases arranged in Wards.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric, &c. | Puerperal Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Epidemic Diarrhoea. | All chief Zymotic diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nine Elms | 32,252 | .00 | .68 | .06 | .06 | .03 | .06 | .03 | .21 | .49 | 1.61 |
| 2. Park | 20,304 | .00 | .44 | .04 | .00 | .09 | .04 | .00 | .34 | .49 | 1.47 |
| 3. Latchmere | 22,978 | .00 | .34 | .04 | .04 | .00 | .04 | .08 | .26 | .17 | 1.00 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 17,901 | .00 | .50 | .00 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .05 | .44 | .16 | 1.22 |
| 5. Church | 21,840 | .00 | .45 | .04 | .04 | .04 | .04 | .04 | .13 | .22 | 1.05 |
| 6. Winstanley | 22,954 | .00 | .47 | .04 | .08 | .04 | .04 | .00 | .39 | .78 | 1.87 |
| 7. St. John | 9,248 | .00 | .10 | .10 | .10 | .10 | .00 | .00 | .32 | .00 | 0.75 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 20,909 | .00 | .14 | .00 | .00 | .19 | .00 | .00 | .19 | .09 | 0.62 |
| 9. Broomwood | 19,836 | .00 | .05 | .05 | .00 | .05 | .05 | .05 | .15 | .05 | 0.45 |