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Battersea 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
The principal zymotic diseases are small-pox, measles, scarlet
fever, diphtheria (including membranous croup), whooping-cough,
enteric fever and diarrhoea.
The deaths from these causes in 1930 numbered 89, as compared
with 95 in 1929, a decrease of 6.3 per cent. There was a
corresponding decrease in the zymotic death-rate from 0.587 in
1929 to 0.554 in 1930.
The mean death-rate from each of the principal zymotic diseases for the ten years 1910-1919, and for the ten years 1920-1929, are compared with the corresponding rates for 1929 and 1930 in the following table:—
| Zymotic Diseases | Number of Deaths from each of the principal Zymotic Diseases in 1929 and 1930, with corresponding Death Rates for those years and for the 10 years 1910-19 and 1920-1929. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Mean Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Increase ( + ) or Decrease (-), 1930 over | |||||
| 1930. | 1929. | 1930. | 1929. | 1910-1919. | 1920-1929. | Previous year. | 1920-1929. | |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | .001 | - | - .001 |
| Measles | 38 | 5 | .237 | .031 | .439 | .163 | + .206 | + .074 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 4 | .012 | .025 | .039 | .034 | - .013 | - .022 |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 12 | .093 | .074 | .122 | .184 | +.019 | - .091 |
| Whooping-cough | 7 | 43 | .044 | .266 | .233 | .133 | - .222 | - .089 |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | — | .006 | .023 | .007 | - .006 | - .007 |
| Diarrhœa and enteritis | 27 | 30 | .168 | .185 | .608 | .212 | - .017 | - .044 |
| Total | 89 | 95 | .554 | .587 | 1.464 | .734 | - .033 | - .180 |
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The chief source from which information is gained as to the
occurrence of the non-notifiable forms of infectious disease is the
returns made by the head teachers of elementary schools which
show the absences of scholars which are attributed to illness, and
the nature of the disease.