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Battersea 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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Infant Mortality.
During 1925 the deaths of 186 infants were registered as
belonging to Battersea. The total number of births registered
during the year was 3,184, giving an infant mortality-rate of 58-4
per 1,000 births.
There were only four Boroughs in the County of London with a
lower infant mortality than Battersea.
The infant mortality-rates in Bsattersea 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. | Year. | London. | Battersea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 148 | 163 | 1916 | 89 | 84 |
| 1902 | 139 | 136 | 1917 | 104 | 101 |
| 1903 | 130 | 135 | 1918 | 107 | 99 |
| 1904 | 144 | 147 | 1919 | 85 | 74 |
| 1905 | 129 | 131 | 1920 | 75 | 83 |
| 1906 | 129 | 126 | 1921 | 79∙6 | 73∙8 |
| 1907 | 116 | 115 | 1922 | 74∙4 | 69∙3 |
| 1908 | 113 | 107 | 1923 | 60∙4 | 49∙5 |
| 1909 | 108 | 107 | 1924 | 69∙0 | 62∙4 |
| 1910 | 103 | 97 | 1925 | 67∙0 | 58∙4 |
| 1911 | 129 | 124 | |||
| 1912 | 91 | 83 | 1891-1900 | 158 | 162 |
| 1913 | 105 | 111 | 1901-10 | 126 | 126 |
| 1914 | 104 | 92 | 1911-20 | 100 | 96 |
| 1915 | 112 | 112 |
The infant mortality-rate for the County of London for the
year 1925 was 67∙0 per 1,000 births.
The distribution of the 186 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates, both for the registration sub-districts and the Wards are shown in the following table:—
| RegistrationSub-Districts | Births. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Infant Mortality per 1,000births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | total. | |||
| East Battersea | 1,471 | 56 | 31 | 87 | 59∙1 |
| North-West Battersea | 1,013 | 41 | 27 | 68 | 67∙1 |
| South-West Battersea | 700 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 44∙3 |
| The Borough | 3,184 | 118 | 68 | 186 | 58∙4 |
| Ward. | |||||
| 1. Nine Elms | 635 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 64∙6 |
| 2. Park | 406 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 66∙5 |
| 3. Latchmere | 371 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 72∙8 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 265 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 41∙5 |
| 5. Church | 386 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 64∙8 |
| 6. Winstanley | 449 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 55∙7 |
| 7. St. John | 152 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 59∙2 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 279 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 43∙0 |
| 9. Broomwood | 241 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 37∙3 |