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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 1924
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
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Table showing the Birth Rates, Death Rates and Infantile Mortality Rates in the 29 Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs.
| Births per 1,000 Population. | Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Shoreditch | 25.1 | Lewisham | 10.4 | Lewisham | 47 |
| 2. Bermondsey | 24.4 | Woolwich | 10.8 | Hampstead | 52 |
| 3. Poplar | 23.1 | Wandsworth | 11.0 | Stoke Newington | 56 |
| 4. Southwark | 22.5 | Fulham | 11.1 | Wandsworth | 56 |
| 5. Bethnal Green | 22.3 | Hackney | 11.2 | City of Westminster | 58 |
| 6. Finsbury | 21.6 | Hampstead | 11.4 | Hackney | 60 |
| 7. Stepney | 21.4 | S. Newington | 11.4 | Battersea | 62 |
| 8. Deptford | 20.7 | Greenwich | 11.4 | Chelsea | 63 |
| 9. Greenwich | 20.2 | Camberwell | 11.4 | Woolwich | 65 |
| 10. Islington | 20.0 | City of London | 11.5 | Lambeth | 66 |
| 11. Lambeth | 19.2 | City of Westminster | 11.6 | Islington | 66 |
| 12. Camberwell | 19.0 | Battersea | 11.8 | Camberwell | 70 |
| 13. St. Pancras | 19.0 | Deptford | 11.9 | Southwark | 71 |
| 14. Hackney | 18.7 | Holborn | 11.9 | Poplar | 71 |
| 15. Battersea | 18.4 | Poplar | 12.0 | Hammersmith | 72 |
| 16. Fulham | 18.4 | Hammersmith | 12.1 | Fulham | 72 |
| 17. Woolwich | 18.1 | Bethnal Green | 12.2 | St. Pancras | 73 |
| 18. Hammersmith | 18.0 | Stepney | 12.2 | Greenwich | 74 |
| 19. Paddington | 17.1 | Islington | 12.3 | Deptford | 74 |
| 20. Lewisham | 16.7 | Lambeth | 12.5 | Kensington | 75 |
| 21. Stoke Newington | 16.6 | Paddington | 12.9 | Stepney | 75 |
| 22. Kensington | 16.2 | St. Pancras | 12.9 | Bermondsey | 77 |
| 23. Wandsworth | 14.9 | Kensington | 13.0 | St. Marylebone | 78 |
| 24. St. Marylebone | 14.6 | Chelsea | 13.0 | Paddington | 78 |
| 25. Chelsea | 14.4 | St. Marylebone | 13.1 | Bethnal Green | 78 |
| 26. Hampstead | 13.6 | Bermondsey | 13.5 | Finsbury | 78 |
| 27. Holborn | 13.4 | Shoreditch | 13.5 | Holborn | 83 |
| 28. City of Westminster | 11.2 | Southwark | 14.0 | Shoreditch | 83 |
| 29. City of London | 7.0 | Finsbury | 14.1 | City of London | 115 |
| London County | 18.7 | 12.1 | 69 | ||
| England and Wales | 18.8 | 12.2 | 75 | ||
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
The Battersea Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, the revision
and development of which, under the provisions of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Act, 1918, was begun early in 1919, made useful progress
during 1924. The various activities included in the Scheme—
pre-natal, natal and post-natal—are now well co-ordinated, but
special attention was given to the development of the pre-natal side
of the work.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
For administrative purposes the Borough is divided into six
areas. In each of these areas a Maternity and Child Welfare Centre