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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 1908

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908

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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 Elms100108.9
2. Park52100.6
3. Latchmere64117.5
4. Shaftesbury3982.9
5. Church95144.4
6. Winstanley70105.4
7. St. John16122.1
8. Bolingbroke37100.3
9. Broomwood2158.8

Table: 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 1908:—

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 1908:—

Registration Sub-Districts.Age in Months.Totals.
0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-
East Battersea612622141010141313111112217
North-West Battersea65211516151259117148198
South-West Battersea324847445521379
The Borough1585145343222202226161917494