Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Illegitimate Infant Deaths.
The death-rate amongst illegitimate children during 1928 was
73.2 per 1,000 births, as compared with 89.9 per 1,000 births in
1927, 162.2 in 1926, 113.2 in 1925, 148-1 in 1924 and 130.4
in 1923. The corresponding death rate of legitimate children in
1928 was 63.7, the ratio of the mortality-rate of illegitimate
infants to that of legitimate being 1.15 to 1.
Comparative Statistics, Metropolitan Boroughs. Table showing the birth-rates, death-rates and infant mortality-rates in the 29 Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs for the year 1928:—
Births per 1,000 Population. | Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Finsbury | 20.4 | 1. Lewisham | 10.0 | 1. Chelsea | 48 |
2. Shoreditch | 20.1 | 2. Wandsworth | 10.6 | 2. Wandsworth | 49 |
3. Poplar | 19.9 | 3. Woolwich | 11.0 | 3. Woolwich | 50 |
4. Southwark | 19.2 | 4. St. Marylebone | 11.1 | 4. Lewisham | 52 |
5. Bethnal Green | 19.0 | 5. Greenwich | 11.1 | 5. Greenwich | 53 |
6. Bermondsey | 18.1 | 6. Hammersmith | 11.4 | 6. Hampstead | 54 |
7. Stepney | 18.0 | 7. Stepney | 11.4 | 7. Holborn | 57 |
8. Islington | 17.8 | 8. Fulham | 11.5 | 8. City of West minster | 58 |
9. Lambeth | 16.8 | 9. City of West-minster | 11.5 | 9. City of London | 61 |
10. Battersea | 16.7 | ||||
11. Hammersmith | 16.6 | 10. Hampstead | 11.6 | 10. Camberwell | 61 |
12. Greenwich | 16.4 | 11. Hackney | 11.7 | 11. Stoke Newington | 61 |
13. Deptford | 16.3 | 12. Bethnal Green | 11.7 | 12. Lambeth | 61 |
14. Woolwich | 16.1 | 13. Poplar | 11.8 | 13. Islington | 64 |
15. Hackney | 16.0 | 14. Camberwell | 11.9 | 14. Battersea | 64 |
16. St. Pancras | 15.9 | 15. Battersea | 11.9 | 15. Hackney | 67 |
17. Camberwell | 15.8 | 16. Greenwich | 12.0 | 16. Hammersmith | 69 |
18. Fulham | 15.4 | 17. City of London | 12.2 | 17. Southwark | 70 |
19. Stoke Newington | 15.3 | 18. Lambeth | 12.3 | 18. Poplar | 71 |
20. Lewisham | 15.2 | 19. StokeNewington | 12.5 | 19. Stepney | 72 |
21. Paddington | 15.0 | 20. St. Pancras | 12.7 | 20. Bethnal Green | 73 |
22. Kensington | 14.3 | 21. Southwark | 12.7 | 21. Deptford | 76 |
23. Wandsworth | 13.0 | 22. Islington | 12.8 | 22. Fulham | 77 |
24. St. Marylebone | 12.6 | 23. Kensington | 13.0 | 23. St. Marylebone | 79 |
25. Chelsea | 12.6 | 24. Paddington | 13.0 | 24. St. Pancras | 80 |
26. Holborn | 12.0 | 25. Bermondsey | 13.2 | 25. Shoreditch | 80 |
27. Hampstead | 11.6 | 26. Holborn | 13.5 | 26. Kensington | 83 |
28. City of Westminster | 10.3 | 27. Chelsea | 13.5 | 27. Paddington | 85 |
28. Shoreditch | 13.8 | 28. Finsbury | 85 | ||
29. City of London | 7.2 | 29. Finsbury | 15.1 | 29. Bermondsey | 85 |
London County | 15.9 | London County | 11.6 | London County | 67 |
England and Wales | 16.7 | England and Wales | 11.7 | England and Wales | 65 |