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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 1923

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923

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No. 3 District.
B'sea Bridge Rd..2Henry Street ...1Orville Road ...23
Bullen Street1High Street1Som rset Street4
Edna Street1Home Road1Surrey Lane4
Frances Street1
Total :—10 streets, 39 houses.
No. 4 District.
Benfield Street ...2Lavender Road3Simpson Street...1
Currie Road1Lubeck Street ...1Stainforth Road29
Darien Road1Meyrick Road ...1Urswicke Road...16
Gwynne Road ...5Newman Street8Verona Street ...2
Ingrave Street ...10Pearson Street1Winstanley Road1
Knox Road1Shillington Street1
Total :—17 streets, 84 houses.
No. 6 District.
Auckland Road ...1Eldred Place ...6Speke Road6
Belleville Road ...1Grant Road2Usk Road3
Britannia Place1 8J ohn Street13Winstanley Road3
Darien Road1 3Livingstone Road6
Total :—11 streets, 52 houses.

Table: No. 7 District. Lavender Hill ... 1 Total :—1 street, 1 house.Summary.

No. 7 District. Lavender Hill ... 1 Total :—1 street, 1 house.Summary.

No. 1 District ...13 streets153 houses.
21151
*i 3 i, ...1039
„ 4 .....1784
„ 611* „52 „
7 .....1 street1 house
61* streets380 houses

Table: Statistics for the Year ending 31st December, 1923.

Statistics for the Year ending 31st December, 1923.

1. General.
(a) Estimated enumerated population170,600
(b) General death rate10.8 per 1,000
(c) Death rate from tuberculosis1.03 per 1,000
(d) Infantile mortality rate49.5 per 1,000
(e) Number of premises used as habitations by all classes27,831
(f) Estimated number of working-class dwelling-houses24,938
(g) Number of new working-class dwellings erected48

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* Darien Road and Winstanley Road also included in No. 4 District.