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The number of deaths from phthisis and other tubercular
diseases and the death-rate per 1,000 population in each of the
sub-districts are set out in the following table:—
District.
Phthisis.
Other Tubercular
Diseases.
Total.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate.
East
Battersea
65
.98
21
0.32
86
1.80
Nth-West
Battersea
55
1.18
11
0.24
66
1.41
Sth-West
Battersea
51
1.10
5
0.11
56
1.21
The Borough
171
1.07
37
0.23
208
1.31
The deaths from tuberculosis were 10T per cent. of the
total deaths. The death-rate from phthisis (the most common
form of tubercular disease was 1.07 in 1919.
During 1919 514 cases of tuberculosis were notified in
Battersea.
The number of notifications received and the death-rates
from all forms of tuberculosis in each year since 1909 are
shown in the following table:—
Year
1909.
1910.
1911,
1912.
1913.
1914. 1915.
1916.
1917.
1918.
1919.
No. of Notifications
257
166
314
542
743
616
613
565
523
501
514
Death-rates per
100,000 Pop.
155.3
153.9
172.3
139.0
146.3
163.7
165.5
171.3
183.3
173.9
130.0
1,477 visits to homes where cases of tuberculosis had been
notified were made during 1919 by the Council's Sanitary and
Health Visiting Staff.
Battersea Dispensary for the prevention of Consumption.
The Battersea Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption
is controlled by a voluntary organisation, but is
temporarily approved by the Ministry of Health as the Tuberculosis
Dispensary for Battersea in the Council's Tuberculosis
Scheme. The question of the control of the dispensary by
the Council as the sanitary authority responsible for the