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Battersea 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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Incidence and Mortality, 1921-5.
| 1921. | 1922.* | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | Mean. (1921-5). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified | _ | 285* | 580 | 511 | 777 | 538 (4 yrs.) |
| ,, Reported | 576 | 143 | 444 | 305 | 543 | 403 (5 yrs.) |
| Total | 576 | 428 | 1,024 | 816 | 1,320 | 833 (5 yrs.) |
| Case-rate per 1,000 popula-tion (0-10 yrs) | 18.83 | 14.45 | 35.57 | 29.12 | 48.24 | 29.24 |
| Deaths | 30 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 |
| D.R. per 1,000 population (all ages) | .177 | .130 | .094 | .099 | .116 | .123 |
| D.R. per 1,000 population (0-10 yrs.) | .981 | .741 | .556 | .607 | .731 | .723 |
| Case-mortality per 100 cases (Total) | 5.21 | 5.14 | 1.56 | 2.08 | 1.52 | 2.52 |
*Whooping Cough was made notifiable in Battersea under the Battersea
(Measles and Wooping Cough) Regulations, 1922, which came into
force on April 24th of that year.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1925 there were 335 cases of Tuberculosis (all forms)
notified in Battersea, as compared with 351 in 1924, 364 in 1923,
411 in 1922, and 466 in 1921.
In the following table is shown the distiibution of the notified cases arranged in the Wards and Sub-Districts of the Borough:—
| Classification. | Wards. | Sub-districts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | E. | N.W. | S.W. | |
| Pulmonary | 43 | 29 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 113 | 66 | 59 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 15 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 32 | 23 |
| Totals | 58 | 43 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 37 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 155 | 98 | 82 |
| The Borough : | Pulmonary 238 | Non-Pulmonary 97 | Total 335 | |||||||||