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Battersea 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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| Ward. | Population, Census 1911. | Diphtheria & Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric & Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebrospinal fever. | All Notifiable Infecti's diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No 1 (Nine Elms) | 27,376 | 1.31 | 1.02 | 1.46 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 4.31 |
| „ 2 (Park) | 17,592 | 1.47 | 1.70 | 2.33 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 5.85 |
| „ 3 (Latchmere) | 20,094 | 0.79 | 1.29 | 1.69 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 4.23 |
| „ 4 (Shaftesbury) | 16,031 | 1.56 | 0.68 | 2.93 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| „ 5 (Church) | 19,377 | 1.70 | 1.07 | 2.53 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 5.77 |
| „ 6 (Winstanley) | 20,247 | 1.38 | 0.98 | 2.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.13 |
| „ 7 (St. John) | 8,216 | 0.97 | 0.73 | 1.09 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 3.27 |
| „ 8 (Bolingbroke) | 18,495 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 1.35 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2.92 |
| „ 9 (Broomwood) | 20,315 | 1.13 | 0.39 | 1.42 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 3.15 |
Small-pox.
No case of small-pox was notified in Battersea during 1911.
Owing to a small outbreak which occurred in the East of London,
chicken-pox was made temporarily notifiable in the County of
London. The number of cases of small-pox notified in the County
of London during the year was 72.
Contacts were watched on arrival within the Borough in connection
with small-pox cases that had occurred on board vessels
arriving from abroad, and also in connection with cases which
occurred in other Metropolitan districts. All such contacts were
kept under observation for a period of 16 days.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified in Battersea
during 1911 was 325. This is the lowest number ever recorded in
the Old Parish or Borough of Battersea. Four deaths were registered
from the disease giving a death-rate per 1,000 of the population
of 0.02.
In the following table are shown the number of cases and the
case mortality per cent. in the Borough and sub-districts during
1911.