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Battersea 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Enteric Fever.
During 1911, 20 cases of enteric fever were notified in the
Borough of Battersea as compared with 41 in 1910 and 48 in 1909.
Three deaths were registered from the disease giving a case mortality
of 15 per cent. and a death-rate per 1,000 population of
0.02. The number of deaths in 1910 was 7.
This was the lowest number of cases and deaths recorded
in the Old Parish and Borough of Battersea since 1891, and is a
most satisfactory feature to be able to record of the Borough
statistics.
In the following table are set out the case-rate, death-rate and case-mortality from enteric fever in the Borough of Battersea since 1900:—
| Year. | Cases. | Case-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000population. | Case mortality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 118 | 0.78 | 23 | 0.15 | 19.5 |
| 1892 | 82 | 0.53 | 10 | 0.06 | 12.1 |
| 1893 | 138 | 0.88 | 22 | 0.14 | 16.0 |
| 1894 | 154 | 0.96 | 29 | 0.18 | 18.8 |
| 1895 | 140 | 0.86 | 23 | 0.14 | 16.4 |
| 1896 | 111 | 0.67 | 17 | 0.10 | 15.4 |
| 1897 | 95 | 0.57 | 18 | 0.10 | 19.0 |
| 1898 | 94 | 0.56 | 15 | 0.08 | 16.0 |
| 1899 | 157 | 0.93 | 39 | 0.23 | 24.9 |
| 1900 | 206 | 1.22 | 32 | 0.19 | 15.5 |
| 1901 | 90 | 0.53 | 18 | 0.10 | 20.0 |
| 1902 | 88 | 0.51 | 16 | 0.09 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 85 | 0.49 | 17 | 0.09 | 20.0 |
| 1904 | 51 | 0.29 | 12 | 0.06 | 23.5 |
| 1905 | 27 | 0.15 | 6 | 0.03 | 22.2 |
| 1906 | 40 | 0.22 | 8 | 0.04 | 20.0 |
| 1907 | 37 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.02 | 10.8 |
| 1908 | 36 | 0.19 | 7 | 0.03 | 19.4 |
| 1909 | 48 | 0.25 | 7 | 0.03 | 14.5 |
| 1910 | 41 | 0.21 | 7 | 0.03 | 17.0 |
| 1911 | 20 | 0.12 | 3 | 0.02 | 15.0 |
A glance at the above table will show the great decline in the
incidence and mortality from this disease in Battersea since 1900.