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NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Information as to the occurrence of non-notifiable forms of
infectious disease is obtained chiefly from 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.
All cases of infectious illness shown on such returns are immediately
visited by the Sanitary Inspectorial and Health Visiting
staff, and such steps as may be desirable or necessary are taken
to prevent the spread of infection.
Chicken-Pox.
During 1935 there were 178 cases of chicken-pox reported, as
compared with 457 in 1934, 790 in 1933, 422 in 1932, and 492 in 1931.
Diarrhœa.
During 1935 the total number of deaths from diarrhoea of
children under 2 years of age was 19, equivalent to a fatality-rate
of 0.13 per 1,000 of the population. In 1934 there were 27 deaths
and a fatality-rate of 0.18. The rate per 1,000 live births in
1935 was 9.0, as compared with 12.5 in 1934, 9.72 in 1933, 9.49
in 1932, and 3.63 in 1931.
Influenza.
There were 18* deaths registered as being due to Influenza
during 1935, as against 15 in 1934, 71 in 1933, 40 in 1932, and 56
in 1931. The mortality-rate per 1,000 population was 0-12, as
compared with 0.10 in 1934, 0.46 in 1933, 0.25 in 1932 and 0.35
in 1931.
Influenzal Pneumonia was slightly more prevalent in 1935 than
in the previous year, 47 cases being notified as against 41 in 1934,
86 in 1933, 60 in 1932, and 67 in 1931. The death-rate was 0.07
per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 0.03 in 1934.
Cancer.
During 1935 the number of deaths of Battersea residents from
Cancer was 265 (males 140, females 125) as compared with 240 in
1934, 289 in 1933, 268 in 1932, and 283 in 1931. The death-rate
from the disease per 1,000 of the population was 1.79. The deaths
from cancer constitute 14.9 per cent. of the total Battersea deaths
during the vear.

* 10 of these deaths were ascribed to Influenzal Pneumonia.