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Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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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 1922 numbered 192, as compared
with 173 in 1921, an increase of 11 per cent. There was a
corresponding increase in the zymotic death.rate from 1 02 in
1921 to 113 in 1922.
The mean death.rate from each of the principal zymotic diseases for the ten years 1902.1911 and for the ten years 1912.1921 are compared with the corresponding rates for 1921 and 1922 in the following table :—
| Disease. | No. of Deaths. | Mean Death. rate per 1,000 population. | Death.rate per 1,000 population. | Increase (.).) or decrease ( . ) during 1922, over | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921. | 1922. | 1902. 11. | 1912. 21. | 1921. | 1922. | Previous year. | Prec'd'ng 10 years (average) | |
| Small Pox | - | - | •01 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 2 | 66 | •45 | •35 | •012 | •39 | + .38 | + .04 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 13 | •08 | •04 | •04 | •08 | + .04 | + .04 |
| Diphtheria | 63 | 58 | .10 | •16 | •37 | .34 | •03 | + .18 |
| WhoopingCough | 30 | 22 | •32 | •22 | •18 | •13 | •05 | — .09 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | •04 | •02 | •006 | •006 | . | — • 01 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 71 | 32 | .68 | •32 | •42 | •19 | •23 | •13 |
| Total deaths | 173 | 192 | — | — | — | — | + 19 | + 9 |
| Total death.rate | — | 1.88 | 1.11 | 1.02 | 1.13 | + 11 | + •0 2 | |
NON.NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Chicken.Pox.
During 1922, 259 cases of Chicken.pox were reported as compared
with 400 in 1921 and 615 in 1920.
Influenza.
There was a recrudescence of this formidable disease during
1922 and the number of deaths registered in Battersea from the
disease was 110, of which 68 were certified as being due to Influenzal