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London as a whole has a birth-rate of 24.2, a corrected deathrate
of 14.0, a corrected zymotic (death) rate of 1.31 per 1,000
population, and an infantile mortality (corrected) rate of 108 per
1,000 births. For England and Wales the figures are : birthrate,
25.6; death-rate, 14.49; infantile mortality, 109.

Deaths in Public Institutions.
During the year 1909 the deaths of Battersea residents occurring
in public institutions numbered 874, as compared with 747
in 1908. Of this number 400 occurred within and 474 outside the
Borough. Four hundred and seventy occurred in workhouses or
union infirmaries, as against 383 in 1908, and 444 in 1907.
Infant Mortality.
Infant mortality has reference to the deaths of children under
one year of age, i.e., the proportion which the deaths of such
infants in any given year bears to every thousand children born
in the same year. Infant mortality varies widely in different districts,
being as low as 80 per 1,000 in some, and as high as 160
in others. In recent years, owing to the attention devoted to
this subject, there has been a general improvement throughout
the country, the infant mortality for England and Wales showing
a record decrease during 1909. Compared with the average for
the ten years 1899-1908, there has been a decline of 29 per 1,000
births.
Infant Mortality in Battersea in 1909.
During the year 1909, 478 deaths of infants were registered
in the Borough of Battersea. The total number of births recorded
during the year was 4,450, and the infant mortality rate
was 107 per 1,000 births. This rate was exactly equal to the
rate for 1908, which was the lowest infant death-rate ever previously
recorded in Battersea.