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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1911

[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]

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Table: The following table gives the death-rate from each of the chief zymotic diseases compared with the mean death-rate for the decennium 1901-10, the gain or loss in each case being also shown:-

The following table gives the death-rate from each of the chief zymotic diseases compared with the mean death-rate for the decennium 1901-10, the gain or loss in each case being also shown:-

Diseases.Mean Deathrate per 1,000 1901-1910.Death-rate per 1,000 1911.Gain in 1911.Loss in 1911.
Small-pox0.010.000.01..
Measles0.450.66. .0.21
Erysipelas0.050.020.03. .
Scarlet Fever0.080.020.06. .
Diphtheria0.100.12..0.02
Enteric Fever0.050.020.03. .
Puerperal Fever0.030.010.02. .
Whooping Cough0.330.200.13. .
Diarrhœa0.630.94..0.31

Table: In the next table is shown the death-rate per 1,000 population from the chief zymotic diseases arranged in Wards:—

In the next table is shown the death-rate per 1,000 population from the chief zymotic diseases arranged in Wards:—

Ward.Population, Census 1911.Small-pox.Measles.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaEnteric, &c.Puerperal Fever.Whooping Cough.Epidemic Diarrhœa.All chief Zy motic diseases.
1. Nine Elms27,376•001•09•00•04•22•00•00•581•283•21
2. Park17,592•00•45•00•00•11•00•00•17•961•70
3. Latchmere20,094•00•34•04•00•00•00•00•00•841•24
4. Shaftesbury16,031•00•31•06•12•18•06•00•18•871•80
5. Church19,377•001•03•00•00•10•05•00•311•703•19
6. Winstanley20,247•001•53•04•001•97•00•00•091•673•55
7. St. John8,216•00•00•00•00•12•12•12•00•000•36
8. Bolingbroke18,495•00•32•00•00•16•00•00•10•320•92
9. Broomwood20,315•00•19•00•04•00•00•04•09•090•49

Table: In the next table the Seasonal Mortality from the different important zymotic diseases is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly thus:—

In the next table the Seasonal Mortality from the different important zymotic diseases is well shown by arranging the deaths quarterly thus:—

Quarter No.Small-pox.Measles.Whooping Cough.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhœa.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Cholera.Influenza.Total.
Typhus.Typhoid.Continued.
1—9021111———6—_2131
2—13627—-—2—1—334
3—551——1—1352-——149
4—32—3—2—1611—634
Year—11134421—3-15932—11348