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Battersea 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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The following table shews the distribution of the cases notified :—
Erysipelas.
There were 69 cases of Erysipelas notified and 4 deaths were
recorded from the disease during 1929 in Battersea. The casemortality
was 5-80 per cent, and the death-rate per 1,000 population
was 0-025.
Measles.
The number of cases of Measles notified or otherwise reported
in 1929 was 566 and there were 5 deaths recorded from the disease.
Of the 566 cases 483 were notified under the Regulations—The
Battersea (Measles and Whooping-Cough) Regulations, 1922—and
the remaining 83 cases were reported by the public elementary
schools or from other sources.
The case-mortality was 1.04 per cent, of the notified cases,
compared with 1 06 per cent, in 1928.
Special precautionary measures are taken to deal with outbreaks
of Measles. These include the home visiting of patients and their
removal to hospital where environmental conditions render this
course advisable.
Advice is also given as to the isolation of unprotected children.
The home visiting is carried out by the Health Visitors in
close co-operation with the L.C.C. School Nurses.