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Battersea 1910
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910
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There was a great decrease in the number of notifications of
scarlet fever during 1910, viz., 37 per cent., as compared with 1909,
and 55 per cent. below the average for the past ten years 1891 1900.
The 439 cases occurred in 359 houses and in 66 of these sanitary
defects were found.
A marked decrease has also to be recorded in the number of
notifications of diphtheria received during 1910, as compared with
1909. The notifications were 58 per cent. below the average for the
ten years 1891-1900. The 209 diphtheria cases occurred in 173
houses and in only 16 of them were the drains on testing found
defective.
The enteric fever or typhoid notifications received were 7
fewer in number than in 1909, and were 68 percent. below the average
for the decennium 1891-1900. The 41 enteric fever cases
occurred in 29 houses, in 4 of which the drains on testing were
found to be defective.
The following tables show the number of cases of infectious diseases received during 1910 arranged in wards, and the case-rate per 1,000 population in each ward respectively:-
| Ward. | Diphtheria & Membranous Comp. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Nine Elms) | 28 | 42 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 161 |
| „ 2 (Park) | 27 | 35 | 35 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 102 |
| ,, 3 (Latchmere) | 19 | 25 | 37 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 86 |
| ,, 4 (Shaftesbury) | 27 | 12 | 35 | 8 | — | — | — | 82 |
| ,, 5 (Church) | 28 | 17 | 53 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 102 |
| ,, 6 (Winstanley) | 20 | 17 | 77 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 119 |
| „ 7 (St. John) | 8 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| ,, 8 (Bolingbroke) | 24 | 6 | 42 | 2 | — | 1 | - | 75 |
| ,, 9 (Broomwood) | 28 | 13 | 71 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 121 |
| Totals | 209 | 170 | 439 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 880 |