Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912 page 40

Battersea 1912

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912

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system of compulsory notification it is to be feared that the recent
preventive measures suggested by the Local Government Board,
following the Conference held in 1911 at the Board's offices (vide
Annual Report 1911) will not prove effective in controlling these
explosive outbreaks of measles, which are unfortunately responsible
for such a heavy mortality amongst children.
Whooping Cough.
During 1912, in the Borough of Battersea, 40 deaths were
registered from whooping cough, as compared with 34 in 1911.
The deaths were 17 below the average for the preceding ten years,
and were equivalent to a death-rate of 0.23 per 1,000, as compared
with 0.32, the mean death-rate for the previous ten years.

Table: In the sub-districts the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 of the population were as follows:-

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In the sub-districts the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 of the population were as follows:-

	No. of deaths.	Death-rate per 1,000 of the population.
	No. of deaths.	Death-rate per 1,000 of the population.	East Battersea	15	0.21
North-West Battersea	19	0.38
South-West Battersea	6	0.12

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The death-rate under one year of age was 47 per cent. of the
total deaths, and from one to five years of age 50 per cent., the
total percentage of deaths under 5 years of age being 97.

Table: The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as follows:-

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The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as follows:-

Firth quarter	6
Second quarter	12
Third quarter	7
Fourth quarter	15

Table: The following is the summary of the childien excluded from school attendance during the year 1912 in connection with the more common infectious diseases, e.g., measles, whooping cough, etc.

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The following is the summary of the childien excluded from school attendance during the year 1912 in connection with the more common infectious diseases, e.g., measles, whooping cough, etc.

Disease.	Children excluded on account of infection in their homes.	Number of children suffering.
Measles	472	706
Chicken pox	274	746
Whooping cough	195	802
Mumps	33	543

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Battersea 1912

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Table: In the sub-districts the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 of the population were as follows:-

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Table: The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as follows:-

Table: The following is the summary of the childien excluded from school attendance during the year 1912 in connection with the more common infectious diseases, e.g., measles, whooping cough, etc.