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Erysipelas.
During 1910, in the Borough of Battersea, 170 cases of erysipelas
were notified and 8 deaths were registered from the disease
as compared with 156 cases and 4 deaths in 1909. The casemortality
was 4.7 per cent. as compared with 2.7 per cent. in
1909, and 3.3 per cent. in 1908. The case-rate was .9 and the
death-rate .04, being equal to and .01 below the decennial average
respectively.
Forty-five cases were removed to hospital, the majority going
to Union Infirmaries and the remainder to general hospitals.
In London during 1910, 3,982 cases of erysipelas were notified
and 130 deaths registered from the disease, giving a case-mortality
of 3.3 per cent.
Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
During 1910, five cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis were
notified in Battersea as compared with four cases in 1909 and two
in 1908, and five deaths were registered from the disease.
In the County of London, 115 cases of epidemic cerebro-spinal
meningitis were notified during 1910.
Measles.
During 1910, 74 deaths were registered within the Borough
of Battersea from measles. The number of deaths was slightly
lower than the average for the decennium 1900-1909. In 1909,
86 deaths and in 1908, 47 deaths were registered in Battersea from
the disease.
The death-rate was .39 per 1,000 population as compared
with .46, the mean death-rate for the preceding ten years. The
death-rate in East Battersea was .49, North-West Battersea .58,
South-West Battersea .09 per 1,000.
The London death-rate from measles was 0.41 per 1,000, there
being 1,980 deaths from this cause registered during 1910.