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Battersea 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Diphtheria.
The number of cases of Diphtheria notified in Battersea during
1929 was 445 as compared with 652 in 1928, 680 in 1927, 540 in
1926, and 396 in 1925.
The number of deaths registered from the disease was 12,
giving a death-rate of 0-074 as compared with 26 deaths and a
death-rate of 0-158 in 1928, and 25 deaths and a death-rate of
0-148 in 1927.
Of the 445 cases notified 440 or 98-9 per cent, were removed
to hospital. The infected houses numbered 392.
In 55 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 2.75 as compared
with 3.97 in 1928, 4.02 in 1927, 3.14 in 1926 and 2.30 in 1925.
The case-mortality was 2.70 per cent, as compared with 3.99 per
cent, in 1928, 3.68 in 1927, 3.70 in 1926, and 2.53 in 1925.
The incidence of the disease was highest in the Latchmere,
Winstanley and Park Wards.
The following table shows the incidence and mortality of diphtheria during 1929 in the Borough, the sub-districts and the wards :—
| 1 | 45 | 1 | 1.71 | .04 | 2.22 |
| 2 | 68 | 1 | 3.87 | .06 | 1.47 |
| 3 | 82 | 2 | 4.44 | .11 | 2.44 |
| 4 | 31 | 1 | 2 .09 | .07 | 3.23 |
| 5 | 59 | 3 | 3.31 | .17 | 5.08 |
| 6 | 82 | 1 | 4.12 | .05 | 1.22 |
| 7 | 16 | — | 1.94 | — | — |
| 8 | 29 | 1 | 1.58 | .05 | 3.45 |
| 9 | 33 | 2 | 1.63 | .10 | 6.06 |
| E. | 179 | 3 | 2.67 | .04 | 1.68 |
| N.W. | 184 | 6 | 3.98 | .13 | 3.26 |
| S.W. | 82 | 3 | 1.69 | .06 | 3.66 |
| Borough | 445 | 12 | 2.75 | .074 | 2.70 |