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Battersea 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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The following table shows the death-rates per 1,000 of the population for the Borough and the sub-districts for the ten years, 1910-1919 and the year 1920, respectively:—Death-rate per 1,000 Population.

YearThe BoroughEast BatterseaNorth-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
191011•311•913•98•3
191114•314•916•810•9
191212•212•813•510•1
191314•115•016•310•8
191413•214•014•410•9
191516•416•218•814•2
191613•914•514•712•4
191715•215•416•314•0
191818•719•220•216•6
191912.912.412.718.7
Average 1910-19.14.214.615.812.2
192012.512.812.412.8

The death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the nine Wards is shown in the following table:—

Ward.Estimated Population 1920.Number of Deaths.Death-rate.
No. 1. Nine Elms27,03734612.8
No. 2. Park17,37427215.6
No. 3. Latchmere19,84522811.5
No. 4. Shaftesbury15,83317010.7
No. 5. Church19,13722811.9
No. 6. Winstanley19,99626013.0
No. 7. St. John8,1149111.2
No. 8. Bolingbroke18,26523212.7
No. 9. Broomwood20,06325212.6

The position which the Borough occupies during 1920 in
the Registrar-General's corrected returns among the twentynine
Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs is satisfactory. The
lowest mortality rate is recorded for Hampstead (9 0), and
the highest for Shoreditch (15'4). There are fifteen with a
higher general death-rate than Battersea.