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Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Incidence and Mortality, 1895-1930.
| Period. | Mean Quinquennial Rates. | Case mortality percent. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean No. of cases per annum. | Mean case rate. | Mean No. of deaths per annum. | Mean death-rate. | ||
| 1895-1899 | 569.6 | 3.43 | 93.4 | .564 | 17.02 |
| 1900-1904 | 265.2 | 1.57 | 22.6 | .134 | 8.34 |
| 1905-1909 | 267.4 | 1.58 | 22.2 | .131 | 8.18 |
| 1910-1914 | 224.4 | 1.34 | 17.4 | .104 | 7.74 |
| 1915-1919 | 261.0 | 1.66 | 22.4 | .143 | 8.56 |
| 1920-1924 | 531.8 | 3.15 | 43.4 | .257 | 8.06 |
| 1925-1929 | 542.6 | 3.24 | 18.6 | .111 | 3.32 |
| Year 1927 | 680 | 4.02 | 25 | .148 | 3.68 |
| 1928 | 652 | 3.97 | 26 | .158 | 3.99 |
| 1929 | 445 | 2.75 | 12 | .074 | 2.70 |
| 1930 | 481 | 3.04 | 15 | .093 | 3.07 |
Diphtheria anti-toxin, in accordance with the recommendations
of the Ministry of Health, is supplied free of charge on the request
of any registered medical practitioner, at any hour of the day or
night.
During the year 44 phials (approximately 226,000 units) of
anti-toxin were supplied, on request, to medical practitioners
practising in the Borough.
Schick Test Clinic.
Summary of Work Carried Out, 1930.
The Schick test clinic, established at the close of 1927, is held
weekly at the Southlands Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
The work is carried on under the supervision of Dr. F. Porter
Smith, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
The result of the year's work is summarised as follows :—
| Sessions held | 52 | |
| Patients attending in 1930 (new 130) | 249 | |
| Attendances | 768 | |
| ,, (average per session) | 14.8 | |
| Patients tested | 97 | |
| Readings of tests (positive 73, negative 16, result | ||
| unknown 8) | 97 | |
| Patients inoculated— | ||
| Without test | 34 | |
| After positive test (1930 patients) | 73 | |
| „ (1929 „ ) | 43 | |
| — | 150 | |
| Inoculations | 363 | |
| Total immunised (including 1 patient (1928) ) | 129 | |
| Patients still on Register at end of year | 99* | |
| Discontinued treatment | 43 | |
* Includes 3 patients (1929) negative after 1st test, and 7 patients (1930)
negative after 1st test who are to attend again for re-test.