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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 1921

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921

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Table: The distribution of the 276 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates, both for the registration sub-districts and for the Wards, is shown in the following tables:—

The distribution of the 276 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates, both for the registration sub-districts and for the Wards, is shown in the following tables:—

Registration Sub-Districts.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births.
M.FTOTAL.
East Battersea785012876.8
North West Battersea52449674.5
South West Battersea32205266.1
The Borough16211427673.8

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The next table shows the incidence of mortality from the
chief diseases of infancy in the first and second trimesters and
during the ages 6 to 12 months:—