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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 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Births and Deaths.
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TABLE IV.
Death R ate per 1 ,000 Population.
| Years. | The Borough. | East Battersea. | North.West Battersea. | South.West Battersea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 17.9 | 19.9 | 19.4 | 11.6 |
| 1892 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 19.8 | 13.1 |
| 1893 | 18.9 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 11.9 |
| 1894 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 19.5 | 10.8 |
| 1895 | 18.1 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 11.7 |
| 1896 | 18.1 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 10.4 |
| 1897 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 20.2 | 10.4 |
| 1898 | I7.3 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 10.5 |
| 1899 | I7.3 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 117 |
| 1900 | 17.6 | 18.9 | 2 1.0 | 12.1 |
| Average 1891-1900 | I7.5 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 11.4 |
| 1901 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 11.9 |
By a coincidence the births registered during the first and
last quarters, similarly to deaths, represent the highest and
lowest records respectively.
The following Tables VI., VII. and VIII., the first of which
has been in use for many years, and the two others which
are introduced for the first time, at the request of the Local
Government Board, are excellent comparative records of
mortality, &c., of present and past years, particularly No. VI.,
which contains a veritable sanitary history of Battersea since
the year in which modern sanitation first came into existence,
and when Battersea consisted of a congeries of small villages,
between which extended market gardens, the inhabitants and
dependents of some few dozens of large houses, the residences
chiefly of merchants, with the workers at the market gardens
constituting the principal population. It will be seen that
the year 1900 compares favourably with the forty-five years
included in that table, having, with six exceptions, the lowest
death-rate.