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, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The distribution of these deaths is set out in the following table:—
District. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and under 85. | 85 aud upwards. | Total over 65. |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Battersea | 152 | 94 | 22 | 268 |
North-West Battersea | 84 | 63 | 18 | 165 |
South-West Battersea | 121 | 108 | 44 | 273 |
Borough of Battersea | 357 | 265 | 84 | 706 |
Infant Death Rates in Wards.
Ward.
Births.
Infant Deaths.
Infant Death-
rate (per
1000 births).
1. Nine Elms
630
53
84
2. Park
350
21
60
3. Latchmere
341
18
53
4. Shaftesbury
219
16
73
5. Church
407
39
96
6. Winstanley
436
34
78
7. St. John
137
8
58
8. Bolingbroke
283
23
82
9. Broomwood
272
16
59
The next table shows the incidence of mortality from the
chief diseases of infancy in the first and second trimesters and
the second six months of the first year of life:—