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Small-Pox.
No case of small-pox occurred in Battersea during 1927.
During the year 5 cases of this disease were recorded in London,
3 in Hackney, and 1 each in Hampstead and Poplar.
In England and Wales, 14,769 cases of small-pox were notified
during 1927.
Scarlet Fever.
The incidence of Scarlet Fever was relatively low in 1927,
376 cases being notified as compared with 581 in the previous
year.
The case-rate per 1,000 of the population was 2 . 2 and 3 deaths
were registered from the disease giving a death-rate of 0.018 per
1,000 as compared with 2 deaths and a death-rate of 0.012 in 1926.
Of the cases notified 371 or 98.7 per cent. were removed to
hospital. The infected houses numbered 328.
In 42 of the notified cases (not included in the above total),
the diagnosis of Scarlet Fever was not confirmed at Hospital.
Diphtheria.
The number of cases of Diphtheria notified in Battersea during
1927 was 680 as compared with 540 in 1926, 396 in 1925, 372 in
1924, 374 in 1923 and 670 in 1922.
The number of deaths registered from the disease was 25,
giving a death-rate of 0.148 as compared with 20 deaths and a
death-rate of 0.116 in 1926.
Of the 680 cases notified 675 or 99.3 per cent. were removed
to hospital. The infected houses numbered 568.
In 73 cases notified (not included in the above total) the diagnosis
of Diphtheria was not confirmed at hospital.
The case-rate per 1,000 population was 4.02 as compared
with 3.14 in 1926, 2.30 in 1925, 2.18 in 1924, 2.19 in 1923, and
3.96 in 1922. The case-mortality was 3.68 as compared with
3.70 in 1926, 2.53 in 1925, 6.72 in 1924, and 9.09 in 1923.
The incidence of the disease was highest in the Nine Elms,
Winstanley and Latchmere Wards.