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Battersea 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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The total amount paid in fees to medical practitioners as
fees for notifications of infectious diseases in Battersea during
1911 was £168 17s. 0d. This amount includes fees paid for Notification
of Phthisis both for Voluntary Notification and Notification
under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.
There was a decrease in the number of notifications of scarlet
fever during 1911, viz., 26 per cent. as compared with 1910, and 55
per cent. below the average for the past ten years 1901-1910. The
325 cases occurred in 271 houses.
A decrease has also to be recorded in the number of diphtheria
notifications received during the year as compared with 1910.
The notifications were 18 per cent. below the average for the ten
years 1901-1910. The 208 diphtheria cases occurred in 182 houses
and in only 19 of these were the drains on testing found defective.
The enteric fever notifications were 21 fewer than in 1910
and were 61 per cent. below the average for the decennium 19011910.
The 20 enteric fever cases occurred in 19 houses in 2 of
which the drains on testing were found to be defective.
The following tables show the number of cases of the principal infectious diseases received during 1911 arranged in Wards and the case-rate per 1,000 of the population:—
| Ward. | Diphtheria & Membranous Comp. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Nine Elms) | 36 | 28 | 40 | 4 | — | 2 | 5 | 115 |
| „ 2 (Park) | 26 | 30 | 42 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 100 |
| „ 3 (Latchmere) | 16 | 26 | 34 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 81 |
| „ 4 (Shaftesbury) | 25 | 11 | 46 | 3 | — | — | — | 84 |
| ,, 5 (Church) | 33 | 21 | 49 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 109 |
| „ 6 (Winstanley) | 28 | 20 | 51 | — | — | — | — | 99 |
| „ 7 (St. John) | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 26 |
| „ 8 (Bolingbroke) | 13 | 11 | 25 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 52 |
| „ 9 (Broomwood) | 23 | 8 | 29 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 64 |
| Totals | 208 | 161 | 325 | 20 | — | 9 | 7 | 730 |