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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 remarkable decrease in the incidence of scarlet fever during
the year 1911 is a satisfactory feature of the annual report. The
prompt removal of patients for isolation to the hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board and the following up and keeping
under observation of contacts, there can be no doubt, has been
partly responsible for this desirable state of affairs.
Diphtheria.
The number of Diphtheria notifications (including membranous
croup) received during 1911 was 208 as against 209 cases notified
during 1910. There has been a marked decrease in the incidence
of the disease in Battersea during the ten years 1901-10 as compared
with 1891-1900.
The case-rate, death-rate and case-mortality from diphtheria and membranous croup since 1891 are set out in the following table:—
| Year. | Cases. | Case-rate per 1,000population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Casemortality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 260 | 1.72 | 68 | 0.45 | 26.1 |
| 1892 | 366 | 2.38 | 57 | 0.37 | 15.6 |
| 1893 | 682 | 4.35 | 176 | 1.12 | 25.8 |
| 1894 | 505 | 3.16 | 118 | 0.73 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 411 | 2.52 | 94 | 0.57 | 22.8 |
| 1896 | 426 | 2.57 | 82 | 0.49 | 19.2 |
| 1897 | 614 | 3.69 | 108 | 0.65 | 17.6 |
| 1898 | 791 | 4.74 | 120 | 0.71 | 15.1 |
| 1899 | 606 | 3.61 | 63 | 0.37 | 10.4 |
| 1900 | 306 | 1.81 | 32 | 0.19 | 10.4 |
| 1901 | 264 | 1.56 | 20 | 0.11 | 7.5 |
| 1902 | 275 | 1.60 | 18 | 0.10 | 6.5 |
| 1903 | 282 | 1.62 | 29 | 0.16 | 10.3 |
| 1904 | 199 | 1.13 | 14 | 0.07 | 7.0 |
| 1905 | 166 | 0.93 | 11 | 0.06 | 6.6 |
| 1906 | 251 | 1.39 | 17 | 0.09 | 6.7 |
| 1907 | 315 | 1.73 | 38 | 0.20 | 12.0 |
| 1908 | 340 | 1.84 | 22 | 0.11 | 7.0 |
| 1909 | 265 | 1.42 | 23 | 0.12 | 8.6 |
| 1910 | 209 | 1.10 | 12 | 0.06 | 5.7 |
| 1911 | 208 | 1.23 | 21 | 0.12 | 10.1 |
Twenty-one deaths were registered from the disease in the
Borough giving a fatality rate of 0.12 per 1,000 population.