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Battersea 1921

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921

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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 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 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 Battersea831·19240·341071·53
Nth-West Battersea501·03180·37681·40
Sth-West Battersea870·7340·08410·81
The Borough1701·01460·272161·28

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The effect of environmental circumstances in relation to
tuberculosis is shown in the above table; the death-rates in East
and North-West Battersea districts in which the housing conditions
are more unsatisfactory, and which are inhabited mainly
by the less prosperous portion of the community, being nearly
double that in South-West Battersea.
The deaths from tuberculosis were 10·5 per cent. of the
total deaths. The death-rate from phthisis, the most common
form of tubercular disease, was l·01 in 1921, as compared with
1·03 in 1920.
There were 466 cases of tuberculosis notified in Battersea
during- 1921. as compared with 498 in 1920.

Table: The number of notifications received, the number of deaths, and the death-rate from all forms of tuberculosis in each year since 1909, are shown in the following table:—

The number of notifications received, the number of deaths, and the death-rate from all forms of tuberculosis in each year since 1909, are shown in the following table:—

Year1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921
No. of Notifications257166314542743666613565523501514498466
No. of Deaths289252289233245267282287289289208212216
Death-rates per 100,000 Pop.155·3133·9172·3139·0146·3159·6174·1180·0192·6192·6130·6128·0127·7

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The death-rate from tuberculosis in 1921 is the lowest
recorded during the past twenty-one years; the notifications
received were also lower than during any year since 1911.
The death-rates per 100,000 of the population from
tuberculosis during the twenty years ended 1920 and in 1921
are given in quinquennial averages in the following table:—