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 1926
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Table showing birth-rates, death-rates and infant mortality-rates in the 29 Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs for the year 1926:—
| Births per 1,000 Population. | Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Shoreditch | 23.3 | 1. Lewisham | 10.0 | 1. Lewisham | 40 |
| 2. Poplar | 21.7 | 2. Hampstead | 10.1 | 2. Woolwich | 42 |
| 3. Bethnal Green | 20.9 | 3. Woolwich | 10.1 | 3. S. Newington | 49 |
| 4 Bermondsey | 20.8 | 4. Wandsworth | 10.4 | 4. Lambeth | 54 |
| 5. Finsbury | 20.6 | 5. Hackney | 10.6 | 5. Bermondsey | 56 |
| 6. Southwark | 20.2 | 6. Fulham | 10.7 | 6. Deptford | 56 |
| 7. Stepney | 19.7 | 7. City of London | 10.7 | 7. Hampstead | 58 |
| 8. Islington | 18.5 | 8. Greenwich | 10.9 | 8. Hackney | 60 |
| 9. Deptfcrd | 18.2 | 9. S. Newington | 11.0 | 9. Kensington | 61 |
| 10. Greenwich | 17.8 | 10. Camberwell | 11.0 | 10. Battersea | 62 |
| 11. Hackney | 17.3 | 11. Deptford | 11.1 | 11. City of Westminster | 62 |
| 12. Battersea | 17.3 | 12. City of Westminster | 11.2 | ||
| 13. Lambeth | 17.2 | 12. Greenwich | 63 | ||
| 14. Woolwich | 16.9 | 13. Hammersmith | 11.3 | 13. Wandsworth | 64 |
| 15. St. Pancras | 16.8 | 14. Battersea | 11.4 | 14. Camberwell | 64 |
| 16. Camberwell | 16.6 | 15. Poplar | 11.4 | 15. City of London | 65 |
| 17. Fulham | 16.3 | 16. Lambeth | 11.5 | 16. Stepney | 65 |
| 18. Hammersmith | 16.3 | 17. Bethnal Green | 11.6 | 17. Chelsea | 65 |
| 19. S. Newington | 15.6 | 18. Stepney | 11.7 | 18. Fulham | 65 |
| 20. Lewisham | 15.5 | 19. Holborn | 11.7 | 19. Shoreditch | 66 |
| 21. Paddington | 15.4 | 20. Bermondsey | 11.9 | 20. Finsbury | 67 |
| 22. Kensington | 15.1 | 21. Shoreditch | 11.9 | 21. Hammersmith | 67 |
| 23. Wandsworth | 14.3 | 22. Islington | 12.0 | 22. Islington | 67 |
| 24. Chelsea | 13.3 | 23. St. Pancras | 12.2 | 23. Southwark | 70 |
| 25. St. Marylebone | 12.8 | 24. Paddington | 12.3 | 24. Poplar | 70 |
| 26. Holborn | 12.4 | 25. Chelsea | 12.4 | 25. Bethnal Green | 72 |
| 27. Hampstead | 12.2 | 26. Kensington | 12.4 | 26. St. Pancras | 76 |
| 28. City of Westminster | 11.3 | 27. St. Marylebone | 12.6 | 27. St. Marylebone | 82 |
| 28. Southwark | 12.7 | 28. Paddington | 84 | ||
| 29. City of London | 7.9 | 29. Finsbury | 12.8 | 29. Holborn | 90 |
| London County | 17.1 | 11.6 | 64 | ||
| England and Wales | 17.8 | 11.6 | 70 | ||