Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926.

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    44 Incidence and Mortality, 1895-1926. Period. Mean Quinquennial Rates. Case mortality per cent. Mean No. of cases per annum. Mean case rate Mean No. of deaths per annum. Mean death rate. 1895-1899 569.6 3.43 93.4 .564 17.02 1900-1904 265.2 1.57 22.6 .134 8.34 1905-1909 267.4 1.58 22.2 .131 8.18 1910-1914 224.4 1.34 17.4 .104 7.74 1915-1919 261.0 1.66 22.4 .143 8.56 1920-1924 531.8 3.15 43.4 .257 8.06 Year 1925 396 2.30 10 .058 2.53 „ 1926 540 3.14 20 .116 3.70 Enteric Fever. During 1926 six cases of enteric fever were notified in Battersea. Of these 3 cases were cancelled, the diagnosis not being confirmed at hospital. There was 1 death from this disease as compared with 1 death in 1925 and 3 deaths in 1924. Cerebro-Spinal Fever. During 1926 only 1 case of this disease was notified in Battersea, which proved fatal. Encephalitis Lethargica. Eight cases of Encephalitis Lethargica (sleepy sickness) were notified in Batersea during 1926, as compared with 8 in 1925 and 14 in 1924. In 4 of the cases the diagnosis was not confirmed. Three deaths were recorded from the disease (one being of an un-notified chronic case in a mental hospital) giving a death-rate of 0.017. The following table gives particulars of the cases notified during 1926:— Identification. Age and Sex. Date notified. Date of Death. Progress. M.G.F 46 M 8 Jan — Mild case E.M.M.L 65, F. 26 Apl. 11 May — E.M.L 61, F. 10 May 9 July — D.B. 37, F. 31 Dec. — Progressing favour ably