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Battersea 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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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 diarrhœa.
The deaths from these causes in 1921 numbered 173, as
compared with 188 in 1920, a decrease of 8 per cent. There
was a corresponding decrease in the zymotic death-rate from
1·13 in 1920 to 1·02 in 1921.
The mean death-rate from each of the principal zymotic diseases for the ten years 1901-1910 and for the ten years 1911-1920 are compared with the corresponding rates for 1920 and 1921 in the following table:—
| Disease. | No. of Deaths. | MeanDeath-rate per 1000 population. | Death-rate per 1000 population. | Increase (+) or decrease (-) during 1921, over | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920. | 1921. | 1901-10 | 1911- 20. | 1920. | 1921. | Previous year. | Precdng 10 years (average) | |
| Small Pox | - | - | ·01 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 45 | 2 | ·45 | ·42 | ·27 | ·006 | -·26 | -·41 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 6 | ·08 | ·04 | ·04 | ·04 | -·007 | -·002 |
| Diphtheria | 37 | 63 | ·10 | ·14 | ·22 | ·37 | +·15 | +·23 |
| Whooping Cough | 33 | 30 | ·33 | ·22 | ·20 | ·18 | -·02 | -·04 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | ·05 | ·02 | ·01 | ·006 | -·006 | -·013 |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 64 | 71 | ·63 | ·38 | ·39 | ·42 | +·03 | +·04 |
| Total deaths | 188 | 173 | - | - | - | - | -15 | -26 |
| Total death-rate | — | — | 1·65 | 1·22 | 1·13 | 1·02 | -.11 | -·19 |