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Battersea 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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Infantile Mortality.
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TABLE IX.
Infantile Mortality.
Year.
Number of Deaths of
Infants under 1 year
of age.
Rate per 1,000 Births
Registered.
1890
855
167
1891
736
140
1892
791
158
1893
842
161
1894
718
142
1895
907
172
1896
937
174
1897
845
160
1898
840
162
1899
838
161
1900
826
160
Preceding
Decennial
Averages
831
160
At five years and under, one thousand one hundred
and thirty-nine deaths were recorded; by a most
remarkable coincidence this number exactly corresponds with
that of the previous year and is, therefore, again well below
the annual average. The following table compares the mortality
at this age period during the past six years : —
TABLE X.
Year.
No. of Deaths of Infants
under 5 years of age.
1895
1,33 2
1896
1,432
1897
1,202
1898
1,222
1899
1,139
1900
1,139