[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough] page 17

Battersea 1920

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

17
Infant Mortality.
During 1919 the deaths of 386 infants were registered as
belonging to Battersea. The total number of births registered
during the year was 4,669, giving an infant mortality rate of
82.7. A lower rate has only once been recorded, viz. in 1919,
when the rate was 74T per 1,000 births.

Table: The infant mortality rates in Battersea and in London for the years which have elapsed since the formation of the Borough, as well as for the previous decennium, are set out n the following table:—

Download table as:

The infant mortality rates in Battersea and in London for the years which have elapsed since the formation of the Borough, as well as for the previous decennium, are set out n the following table:—

Year.	London.	Battersea.
1891-1900	158	162
1901	148	163
1902	189	186
1903	180	185
1904	144	147
1905	129	181
1906	129	126
1907	116	115
1908	118	107
1909	108	107
1910	108	97
1901-10	126	126
1911	129	124
1912	91	88
1918	105	111
1914	104	92
1915	112	112
1916	89	84
1917	104	101
1918	108	99
1919	85	74
1920	74-9	82-7
1911-20	100	96

Text

Copy text to clipboard

The infant mortality rate for the County of London was
74.9 per .1,000 births, which is lower than has hitherto been
recorded. The lowest rate previously recorded was 85 per
1,000 births in 1919.

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Battersea 1920

Text

Table: The infant mortality rates in Battersea and in London for the years which have elapsed since the formation of the Borough, as well as for the previous decennium, are set out n the following table:—

Text