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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 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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Table: In the next table is shown the distribution of the 526 infant deaths in the sub-districts :—

In the next table is shown the distribution of the 526 infant deaths in the sub-districts :—

Registration Sub-Districts.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births.
East Battersea257120
North-West Battersea211135.9
South-West Battersea5866.8
The Borough526115

Table: In the next table is shown the distribution in the wards :—

In the next table is shown the distribution in the wards :—

Wards.Deaths of Infants under one year.Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births.
1.Nine Elms112123.5
2.Park76138.1
3.Latchmere65111.3
4.Shaftesbury45102.2
5.Church72119.4
6.Winstanley104158.5
7.St. John's16110.7
8.Bolingbroke1951.2
9.Broomwood1753.1

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Infant mortality diminishes from the first month onward to
the twelfth. The following tables show the age incidence and
the chief fatal diseases distributed in the sub-districts during
1907 :—