Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910
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Enteric Fever.
During 1910, 41 cases of enteric fever were notified in the
Borough of Battersea as compared with 48 in 1909 and 36 in 1908,
and 7 deaths were registered from the disease, giving a case mortality
of 17 per cent., and a death-rate per 1,000 population of 0.03.
The number of deaths was the same as in 1909.
In the following table are set out the case-rate, death-rate and mortality from enteric fever in the Borough of Battersea during the ten years 1900-09, and during 1910, respectively:-
Year. | Cases. | Case-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Case mortality per cent. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 206 | 1.22 | 32 | 0.19 | 15.5 |
1901 | 90 | 0.53 | 18 | 0.10 | 20.0 |
1902 | 88 | 0.51 | 16 | 0.09 | 18.2 |
1903 | 85 | 0.49 | 17 | 0.09 | 20.0 |
1904 | 51 | 0.29 | 12 | 0.06 | 23.5 |
1905 | 27 | 0.15 | 6 | 0.03 | 22.2 |
1906 | 40 | 0.22 | 8 | 0.04 | 20.0 |
1907 | 37 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.02 | 10.8 |
1908 | 36 | 0.19 | 7 | 0.03 | 19.4 |
1909 | 48 | 0.25 | 7 | 0.03 | 14.5 |
1910 | 41 | 0.21 | 7 | 0.03 | 17.0 |
The age distribution of the cases during 1910 was as follows:-
Ages. | Under 5. | 5-15. | 15-30. | Above 30. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 5 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
Females | - | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
Totals | 5 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 41 |
The death-rate, case-rate and case mortality in the Borough and in the sub-districts are as follows:-
Case-rate per 1,000 population. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Case-mortality per cent. | |
---|---|---|---|
East Battersea | 0.28 | 0.03 | 13 |
North-West Battersea | 0.20 | 0.06 | 30 |
South-West Battersea | 0.14 | 0.01 | 11 |
The Borough | 0.21 | 0.03 | 17 |