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Battersea 1923

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

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17
Infant Mortality.
During 1923 the deaths of 170 infants were registered as belonging
to Battersea. The total number of births registered during the
year was 3,434, giving an infant mortality-rate of 49.5 per 1,000
births. This is by far the lowest infant death-rate yet recorded in
Battersea.
There were only five Boroughs in the County of London with a
lower infant mortality than Battersea.

Table: The infant mortality-rates in Battersea and in London for the years which have elapsed since the formation of the Borough, as well as for the previous decennium, are set out in the following table:—

The infant mortality-rates in Battersea and in London for the years which have elapsed since the formation of the Borough, as well as for the previous decennium, are set out in the following table:—

Year.London.Battesea.
1891-1900158162
1901148163
1902139136
1903130135
1904144147
1905129131
1906129126
1907116115
1908113107
1909108107
191010397
1901-10126126
1911129124
19129183
1913105111
191410492
1915112112
19168984
1917104101
191810799
19198574
19207583
1911-2010096
192179.673.8
192274.469.3
192360.449.5

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The infant mortality-rate for the County of London for the
year 1923 was 60.4 per 1,000 births.
The distribution of the 170 infant deaths and the infant
mortality-rates, both for the registration sub-districts and for
the Wards, are shown in the following table:—