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 1924
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Infant Mortality.
During 1924 the deaths of 196 infants were registered as belonging
to Battersea. The total number of births registered during the
year was 3,139, giving an infant mortality-rate of 62.4 per 1,000
births.
There were only six Boroughs in the County of London with a
lower infant mortality than Battersea.
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. | 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 | 113 | 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 |
1922 | 74.4 | 69.3 |
1923 | 60.4 | 49.5 |
1924 | 69.0 | 62.4 |
The infant mortality-rate for the County ot London tor the
year 1924 was 69 per 1,000 births.