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Battersea 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Illegitimate Infant Deaths.
The death-rate amongst illegitimate children during 1929 was
98.9 per 1,000 births, as compared with 73.2 per 1,000 births in
1928, 89.9 in 1927, 162.2 in 1926, and 113.2 in 1925. The
corresponding death-rate of legitimate children in 1929 was 61.3,
the ratio of the mortality-rate of illegitimate infants to that of
legitimate being 1.61 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 1929:-
| Births per 1,000 Population. | Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Shoreditch | 20.1 | 1. | Hammersmith | 11.5 | 1. | Southwark | 25.0 | |
| 2. Bermondsey | 19.8 | 2. | Lewisham | 11.6 | 2. | Lewisham | 44.2 | |
| 3. Finsbury | 19.3 | 3. | Woolwich | 12.6 | 3. | StokeNewington | 47.1 | |
| 4. Poplar | 19.1 | 4. | Wandsworth | 12.9 | 4. | Hampstead | 53.7 | |
| 5. BethnalGreen | 18.7 | 5. | Greenwich | 13.3 | 5. | Hackney | 56-7 | |
| 6. Southwark | 18.1 | 6. | Deptford | 13.3 | 6. | Wandsworth | 61.3 | |
| 7. Stepney | 17.4 | 7. | StokeNewington | 13.4 | 7. | Hammersmith | 61.5 | |
| 8. Islington | 17.2 | 8. | Hampstead | 13.5 | 8. | Woolwich | 62.3 | |
| 9. Deptford | 16.8 | 9. | Camberwell | 13.6 | 9. | City of London | 62.5 | |
| 10. Woolwich | 16.3 | 10. | Bethnal Green | 13.7 | 10. | Battersea | 62.6 | |
| 11. Battersea | 16.2 | 11. | Fulham | 13.8 | 11. | Bethnal Green | 64.4 | |
| 12. Stoke Newington | 16.1 | 12. | Stepney | 13.9 | 12. | Lambeth | 67.7 | |
| 13. Hackney | 16.0 | 13. | Hackney | 13.9 | 13. | Camberwell | 68.1 | |
| 14. Hammersmith | 15.8 | 14. | City of London | 14.0 | 14. | Greenwich | 70.5 | |
| 15. Greenwich | 15.8 | 15. | Poplar | 14.2 | 15. | Chelsea | 70.7 | |
| 16. Lambeth | 15.7 | 16. | Battersea | 14.2 | 16. | Bermondsey | 71.0 | |
| 17. Lewisham | 15.7 | 17. | St. Marylebone | 14.2 | 17. | Fulham | 72.7 | |
| 18. St. Pancras | 15.5 | 18. | Bermondsey | 14.5 | 18. | Islington | 73.1 | |
| 19. Fulham | 15.4 | 19. | Islington | 14.8 | 19. | Holborn | 74.0 | |
| 20. Camberwell | 15.3 | 20. | Lambeth | 14.9 | 20. | Finsbury | 75.0 | |
| 21. Paddington | 14.9 | 21. | Westminster | 14.9 | 21. | Poplar | 75.1 | |
| 22. Kensington | 14.5 | 22. | St. Pancras | 15.3 | 22. | Deptford | 75.8 | |
| 23. Wandsworth | 13.0 | 23. | Kensington | 15.4 | 23. | St. Marylebone | 77.0 | |
| 24. St. Marylebone | 12.0 | 24. | Paddington | 15.5 | 24. | Westminster | 77.4 | |
| 25. Chelsea | 11.7 | 25. | Holborn | 15.6 | 25. | St. Pancras | 82.6 | |
| 26. Hampstead | 11.4 | 26. | Southwark | 15.6 | 26. | Kensington | 83.7 | |
| 27. Westminster | 10.8 | 27. | Chelsea | 15.7 | 27. | Shoreditch | 83.8 | |
| 28. Holborn | 10.2 | 28. | Shoreditch | 16.0 | 28. | Stepney | 90.4 | |
| 29. City of London | 7.5 | 29. | Finsbury | 16.0 | 29. | Paddington | 101.0 | |
| County of London | 15.8 | County of London | 14.1 | County of London | 68.6 | |||
| England and Wales | 16.3 | England and Wales | 13.4 | England and Wales | 73.9 | |||