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Battersea 1923
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
The principal zymotic diseases are small-pox, measles, scarlet
fever, diphtheria (including membranous croup), whooping cough,
enteric fever, and diarrhoea.
The deaths from these causes in 1923 numbered 114, as compared
with 192 in 1922, a decrease of 41 per cent. There was a
corresponding decrease in the zymotic death-rate from 113 in
1922 to .67 in 1923.
The mean death-rate from each of the principal zymotic diseases for the ten years 1903-1912 and for the ten years 1913-1922 are compared with the corresponding rates for 1922 and 1923 in the following table:—
| Disease. | No. of Deaths. | Mean Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Increase ( + ) or decrease ( - ) during 1923, over | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923. | 1922. | 1903-12. | 1913-22. | 1923. | 1922. | Previous year. | Prec'd'ng 10 years (average) | |
| Small Pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | .006 | — | + .006 | + .006 |
| Measles | 24 | 66 | .450 | .360 | .141 | .390 | — .249 | — .219 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 13 | .072 | .047 | .035 | .077 | — .042 | — .012 |
| Diphtheria | 34 | 58 | .109 | .206 | .199 | .343 | .144 | — .007 |
| WhoopingCough | 16 | 22 | .306 | .219 | .094 | .130 | — .036 | — .125 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .004 | .019 | .006 | .006 | ... | — .013 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 32 | 32 | .544 | .352 | .188 | .189 | — .001 | — .164 |
| Total deaths | 114 | 192 | ... | ... | ... | ... | — 78 | — 74 |
| Total death-rate | ... | ... | 1.485 | 1.203 | .669 | 1.135 | — .466 | — .534 |
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Chicken-Pox.
During 1923, 617 cases of chicken-pox were reported as compared
with 259 in 1922 and 400 in 1921.
Influenza.
Influenza was less prevalent in 1923. The number of deaths
registered in Battersea from this disease was 31 ,as compared with 110
in 1922, giving a mortality-rate of 0.18.