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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Battersea 1912

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

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Table: The following table shows the death rate from phthisis and other tubercular diseases in each year since 1901:—

The following table shows the death rate from phthisis and other tubercular diseases in each year since 1901:—

Year.Deaths from Phthisis per 100,000 persons.Deaths from other Tubercular Diseases per 100,000 persons
190114660
190212944
190312851
190413941
190513250
190612248
190712046
190811946
190911638
191010330
191112942
191211325

Table: The number of deaths from phthisis and other tubercular diseases, and the death-rate per 1,000 population in each of the sub-districts and the Borough are set out in the following table:—

The number of deaths from phthisis and other tubercular diseases, and the death-rate per 1,000 population in each of the sub-districts and the Borough are set out in the following table:—

District.Phthisis.Other Tubercular Diseases.Total.
No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of Deaths.Rate.
East Battersea771.1026.71031.47
Nth-West Battersea681.3811.22791.60
Sth.-West Battersea45.926.12511.04
The Borough1901.1343.252331.39

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The deaths from tuberculosis were 11.3 per cent. of the total
deaths. The death-rate from phthisis (the most common form
of tubercular diseases) was in 1912, 1.13, or 0.16 lower than in
1911, and 0.10 higher than in 1910.