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Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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During 1930 the number of visits paid by nurses supplied by
the Borough Council in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum or other
inflammatory condition of the eyes of the newly-born was 2,631.
All cases were kept under systematic supervision by the Health
Visiting Staff, by whom 157 visits were made.
The following table shews the distribution of the cases notified:—
| Sub-Districts. Ward. | Cases. | Births. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Year. | Cases. | Births. | Rate per 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Battersea | 15 | 1,115 | 13.5 | 1925 | 32 | 3,184 | 10.0 |
| N.W. Battersea | 10 | 838 | 11.9 | ||||
| S.W. Battersea | 9 | 699 | 12.9 | 1926 | 35 | 2,969 | 11.8 |
| 1. Nine Elms | 6 | 443 | 13.5 | 1927 | 48 | 2,801 | 17.1 |
| 2. Park | 5 | 332 | 15.1 | ||||
| 3. Latchmere | 5 | 333 | 15.0 | 1928 | 39 | 2,743 | 14.2 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 1 | 194 | 5.2 | ||||
| 5. Church | 1 | 288 | 3.5 | 1929 | 43 | 2,619 | 16.4 |
| 6. Winstanley | 7 | 385 | 18.2 | ||||
| 7. St. John | 3 | 141 | 21.3 | ||||
| 8. Bolingbroke | 1 | 264 | 3.8 | Mean | |||
| 9. Broomwood | 5 | 272 | 18.4 | 1925. 9 | 39 | 2,863 | 13.6 |
| Borough | 34 | 2,652 | 12.8 | 1930 | 34 | 2,652 | 12.8 |
Erysipelas.
There were 76 cases of Erysipelas notified and 3 deaths were
recorded from the disease during 1930 in Battersea. The casemortality
was 3.95 per cent. and the death-rate per 1,000 population
was 0.019.
Measles.
The number of cases of Measles notified or otherwise reported
in 1930 was 3,355 and there were 38 deaths recorded from the disease.
Of the 3,355 cases 2,909 were notified under the Regulations—The
Battersea (Measles and Whooping-Cough) Regulations, 1922—and
the remaining 446 cases were reported by the public elementary
schools or from other sources.
The case-mortality was 1.31 per cent. of the notified cases,
compared with 1.04 per cent. in 1929, and 1.13 per cent. of the
total incidence, as compared with 0.88 per cent. in 1929.
During the latter portion of 1929 the disease had begun to
assume epidemic form, and in 1930 the number of cases occurring
rose rapidly to a maximum in March, afterwards declining until