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From the above table it will be seen that Park has the
highest and St. John the lowest general death-rate; and on
comparing with the table on page 27, it will be seen that
Winstanley has the highest and Broomwood the lowest zymotic
death-rates.
It is only by sub-dividing the rates up in this way that it
is possible to see where the (sanitarily) unsatisfactory parts of
the Borough are situated, and where, consequently, most care
and attention are still required at the hands of the Borough
Council.
It is interesting to note the place that the Borough of Battersea
takes during 1907, in the Registrar-General's corrected
Return, amongst the 29 Metropolitan Boroughs. There are only
7 Boroughs with a less general death-rate, 13 with a less zymotic
death-rate, and 13 with a less infantile mortality rate. Taking
the 10 South Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham has the lowest
general death-rate, viz., 11.5, and Bermondsey the highest,
18.3; only 4 of the 10 southern districts having a lower
death-rate than Battersea.