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Battersea 1913

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913

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Table: The number of deaths and the death-rate in the sub-districts in 1913, 1912, and 1911 were as follows :—

The number of deaths and the death-rate in the sub-districts in 1913, 1912, and 1911 were as follows :—

Registration Sub-District.No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 population.
1913.1912.1911.1913.1912.1911.
East Battersea24572•34•071.01
North-West Battersea22777•44•131.56
South-West Battersea1110•02•02•20

Table: In the next table are set out the deaths registered in each of the four quarterly periods in 1913, 1912, and 1911 :—

In the next table are set out the deaths registered in each of the four quarterly periods in 1913, 1912, and 1911 :—

1913.1912.1911.
First quarter-16
Second quarter222
Third quarter418135
Fourth quarter4216

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Of the 38 deaths of infants under one year old from zymotic
diarrhoea, 35 occurred in the third quarter of the year, distributed
as - follows in the three sub-districts of the Borough :—East
Battersea, 18 ; North-West Battersea, 17 ; South-West Battersea,
nil. The effect of environment is strikingly exemplified in these
figures, not a single death from summer diarrhoea being recorded
among children under one year in South-West Battersea, in which
district the standard of living and the status of its inhabitants is
in the main higher than in the other two districts.

Table: The next table gives the age-periods at which these 35 infants died during 1913:-

The next table gives the age-periods at which these 35 infants died during 1913:-

1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total.
7177435