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Battersea 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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The above table is instructive, and shows that of the 897
persons reported to be suffering from scarlet fever during 1913,
204 (i.e., 22.7 per cent.) were under 5 years of age, and 608 (i.e.,
67'8 per cent.) under 10 years, while the mortality was greatest
among those under 5 years of age (i.e., 34 per cent.). Of the
289 persons over 10 years of age, 1 (i.e., .35 per cent.) died.
Diphtheria.
The number of diphtheria notifications (including membranous
croup) received during 1913 was 250, as against 210 notified
during 1912.
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 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Case-mortality 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 | 1.66 | 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 | 0.98 | 11 | 0.06 | 6.6 |
| 1906 | 251 | 1.89 | 17 | 0.09 | 6.7 |
| 1907 | 315 | 1.78 | 88 | 0.20 | 12.0 |
| 1908 | 340 | 1.84 | 22 | 0.11 | 7.0 |
| 1909 | 265 | 1.42 | 28 | 0.12 | 8.6 |
| 1910 | 209 | 1.10 | 12 | 0.06 | 5.7 |
| 1911 | 208 | 1.28 | 21 | 0.12 | 10.1 |
| 1912 | 210 | 1.25 | 17 | 0.10 | 8.0 |
| 1913 | 250 | 1.49 | 20 | 0.11 | 8.0 |
Twenty deaths were registered from the disease in the
Borough, giving a fatality-rate of 0.11 per 1,000 of the population.