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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND INFANT MORTALITY, 1938.
| Area. | Estimated Population 1938. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS (all Ages). | INFANT DEATHS. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live. | Still. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | *Rate | ||||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | *Rate. | ||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||||
| Sub-Districts. | |||||||||||||||||
| North Battersea | 68,835 | 507 | 500 | 1,007 | 14.6 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 31.7 | 400 | 354 | 754 | 11.0 | 34 | 21 | 55 | 54.6 |
| South Battersea | 72,865 | 549 | 558 | 1,107 | 15.2 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 20.3 | 445 | 476 | 921 | 12.6 | 39 | 19 | 58 | 52.4 |
| Wards. | |||||||||||||||||
| No. 1, Nine Elms | 22,613 | 171 | 170 | 341 | 15.1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 28.5 | 123 | 112 | 235 | 10.4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 46.9 |
| No. 2, Park | 15,007 | 113 | 110 | 223 | 14.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13.3 | 95 | 73 | 168 | 11.2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 49.3 |
| No. 3, Latchmere | 16,335 | 111 | 108 | 219 | 13.4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 47.8 | 99 | 93 | 192 | 11.8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 50.2 |
| No. 4, Shaftesbury | 12,530 | 79 | 99 | 178 | 14.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 5.6 | 85 | 68 | 153 | 12.1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 39.3 |
| No. 5, Church | 14,880 | 112 | 112 | 224 | 15.1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 38.6 | 83 | 76 | 159 | 10.7 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 75.9 |
| No. 6, Winstanley | 17,040 | 123 | 146 | 269 | 15.8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21.8 | 102 | 92 | 194 | 11.4 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 81.8 |
| No. 7, St. John | 7,601 | 84 | 77 | 161 | 21.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30.1 | 43 | 59 | 102 | 13.4 | 3 | — | 3 | 18.6 |
| No. 8, Bolingbroke | 16,414 | 140 | 122 | 262 | 16.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11.3 | 90 | 100 | 190 | 11.6 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 45.8 |
| No. 9, Broomwood | 19,280 | 123 | 114 | 237 | 12.3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 32.7 | 125 | 157 | 282 | 14.6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 59.1 |
* Still birth rate per 1,000 births (live and still). Infant death rate per 1,000 live births. Other rates in this table per 1,000 estimated population.