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Battersea 1912

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912

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Diarrhœa.
During 1912 the number of deaths from zymotic diarrhœa
registered as belonging to Battersea was 13, as compared with 159
in 1911. The death-rate was 0.07 per 1,000, or 0.61 below the
decennial average of 0.68. Of the 13 deaths from summer diarrhœa .
10 (i.e. 77 per cent.) were of children under five years of age and
7 (i.e., 54 per cent.) were of children under one year of age.
During 1911, of the 159 deaths from diarrhoea, 113 (i.e., 71 per
cent.) were of infants under one year old.

Table: The number of deaths and the death-rate in the sub-districts in 1912, 1911, and 1910 were as follows:-

The number of deaths and the death-rate in the sub-districts in 1912, 1911, and 1910 were as follows:-

Registration Sub-District.No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 population.
1912.1911.1910.1912.1911.1910.
East Battersea57228.071.01.35
North-West Battersea77726.131.56.52
South-West Battersea1105.02.20.08

Table: In the next table are set out the deaths registered in each of the four quarterly periods in 1912, 1911 and 1910:-

In the next table are set out the deaths registered in each of the four quarterly periods in 1912, 1911 and 1910:-

1912.1911.1910.
First quarter165
Second quarter223
Third quarter813537
Fourth quarter21614

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Of the seven deaths of infants under one year old from zymotic
diarrhoea, six occurred in the third quarter of the year, distributed
as follows in the three sub-districts of the Borough: East Battersea,
1; North-West Battersea, 5; South-West Battersea, nil.

Table: The next table gives the age-periods at which these seven infants died during 1912:-

The next table gives the age-periods at which these seven infants died during 1912:-

Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age from Zymotic Diarrhœa.
1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 monthsTotal.
12227