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Battersea 1908

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908

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111
Diarrhœa.
During the year 1908 the number of deaths from Diarrhoea
registered in the Borough of Battersea was 89, as compared with
47 in 1907. Forty of these deaths were registered as being due
to Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis. The death rate was 0.48 per
1,000, or 0.28 below the decennial average, 0.76. The death rate
in the County of London was 0.53. Of the 89 deaths, 83 (i.e., 93
per cent.) were of children under 5 years of age, and 72 (i.e., 80
per cent.) of infants under 1 year of age. During 1907, 47 deaths
from Diarrhoea were registered, of which 36 (i.e., 76 per cent.)
were of infants under 1 year.

Table: The number of deaths and the death rate in the sub-districts in 1906, 1907 and 1908 were as follows:—

The number of deaths and the death rate in the sub-districts in 1906, 1907 and 1908 were as follows:—

Registration Sub-District.No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 population.
1908.1907.1906.1908.1907.1906.
East Battersea392885.51.361.13
North-West Battersea401549.80.30.98
South-West Battersea10415.17.07.27

Table: In the next table are set out the deaths registered in each of the four quarterly periods in 1906, 1907 and 1908:—

In the next table are set out the deaths registered in each of the four quarterly periods in 1906, 1907 and 1908:—

1908.1907.1906.
First quarter1268
Second quarter759
Third quarter5316117
Fourth quarter172015