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Battersea 1931
[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 diarrhæa.
The deaths from these causes in 1931 numbered 33, as compared
with 89 in 1930, a decrease of 62.9 per cent. There was a
corresponding decrease in the zymotic death-rate from 0.554 in
1930 to 0.207 in 1931.
The mean death-rate from each of the principal zymotic diseases for the ten years 1911-1920, and for the ten years 1921-1930, are compared with the corresponding rates for 1930 and 1931 in the following table:—
| Zymotic Diseases | Number of Deaths from each of the principal Zymotic Diseases in 1930 and 1931, with corresponding Death Rates for those years and for the 10 years 1911-20 and 1921-1930. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Mean Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Increase( + ) or Decrease(-), 1931 over | |||||
| 1931. | 1930. | 1931. | 1930. | 1911-1920. | 1921-1930. | Previous year. | 1921-1930. | |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | .001 | - | - .001 |
| Measles | 2 | 38 | .013 | .237 | .423 | .161 | - .224 | - .148 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 2 | .038 | .012 | .039 | .031 | + .026 | + .007 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 15 | .031 | .093 | .138 | .171 | - .062 | - .140 |
| Whooping-cough | 5 | 7 | .031 | .044 | .203 | .118 | - .013 | - .087 |
| Enteric fever ... | 1 | — | .006 | — | .020 | .005 | + .006 | + .001 |
| Diarrhoea and enteritis | 14 | 27 | .088 | .168 | .595 | .190 | - .080 | - .102 |
| Total | 33 | 89 | .207 | .554 | 1.418 | .677 | - .347 | - .470 |
The death rate from zymotic diseases is the lowest yet
recorded in Battersea.
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.