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Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Pneumonia, with a death-rate of 0.66, as compared with 45 deaths
and a rate of 0.27 in 1921 and 57 deaths and a rate of 0.34 in 1920.
There were 196 cases of Influenzal Pneumonia notified during
the year as compared with 86 in 1921 and 77 in 1920. The death.
rate was 0.402 as compared with 0.136 in 1921.
In "other forms" of Pneumonia, the incidence and death.rate
were heavier in 1922 (25 and 7.7 per cent, respectively), as compared
with the previous year.
The increase in the general death.rate of the Borough as
compared with the two preceding years was mainly due to increased
prevalence and the heavy mortality from Influenza and Influenzal
Pneumonia.
The following table shows a comparison of Influenzal and other Pneumonia notifications and mortality in 1922 and 1921, respectively:—
| Influenzal Pneumonia. | Other Pneumonia. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922. | 1921. | 1922. | 1921. | |||||
| Cases Notified. | Deaths | Cases Notified. | Deaths | Cases Notified. | Deaths | Cases Notified. | Deaths | |
| 1st quarter | 132 | 53 | 31 | 9 | 115 | 74 | 80 | 60 |
| 2nd quarter | 17 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 78 | 42 | 62 | 33 |
| 3rd quarter | 5 | - | 6 | — | 38 | 18 | 35 | 16 |
| 4th quarter | 42 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 77 | 34 | 72 | 47 |
| Total | 196 | 68 | 86 | 23 | 308 | 168 | 249 | 156 |
| Notified cases per 1,000 population | 1.158 | •508 | 1 .820 | 1.472 | ||||
| Deaths per 1,000 population | •402 | • 136 | •993 | •922 | ||||
Diarrhoea.
Acute infective diarrhoea was less prevalent in 1922 than in
any previous year, and this remarkable feature of the vital and
morbid statistics of the Borough was not confined to Battersea,
but characterised those for the County of London and the country
generally.
The total number of deaths registered from diarrhoea in
Battersea during the year was 32, giving a fatality.rate of 0.19
per 1,000 as compared with 71 with a death.rate of 0.42 in 1921,
and 64 with a death.rate of 0.39 in 1920.
The steady decline in the incidence and mortality from infective
diarrhoea which has been so marked a characteristic of the returns
for the past few years has been referred to in the Annual Report