Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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Infant Mortality.
During 1921 the deaths of 276 infants were registered as
belonging to Battersea. The total, number of births registered
during the year was 3,742, giving an infant mortality-rate of
73.8. This is the lowest infant death-rate yet recorded in
Battersea.
I he 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. | Battersea. |
---|---|---|
1891-1900 | 158 | 162 |
1901 | 148 | 163 |
1902 | 139 | 136 |
1903 | 130 | 135 |
1904 | 144 | 147 |
1905 | 129 | 131 |
1906 | 129 | 126 |
1907 | 116 | 115 |
1908 | 118 | 107 |
1909 | 108 | 107 |
1910 | 103 | 97 |
1901-10 | 126 | 126 |
1911 | 129 | 124 |
1912 | 91 | 83 |
1913 | 105 | 111 |
1914 | 104 | 92 |
1915 | 112 | 112 |
1916 | 89 | 84 |
1917 | 104 | 101 |
1918 | 107 | 99 |
1919 | 85 | 74 |
1920 | 75 | 83 |
1911-20 | 100 | 96 |
1921 | 79.6 | 73.8 |
The infant mortality-rate for the County of London for
the year 1921 was 79.6 per 1,000 births.