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Battersea 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Deaths in Public Institutions.
During 1929 the deaths of Battersea residents occurring in
Public Institutions numbered 1,178. Of this number 864 occurred
within and 314 outside the Borough. Of the total Battersea
deaths in Public Institutions 794 occurred in Poor Law Institutions.
| District. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and under 85. | 85 and upwards. | Total over 65. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||
Infant Mortality.
During 1929 the deaths of 164 infants were registered as belonging
to Battersea. The total number of births registered during
the year was 2,619, giving an infant mortality rate of 62.6 per
1,000 births, as compared with 64.2 in 1928, and 53.5 in 1927.
It will be noted that the Infant Mortality rate was slightly
lower during 1929 than in the previous year, notwithstanding an
abnormally high mortality in the first quarter, which was actually
double that of the third quarter.
The high death-rate amongst infants in the first 3 months of
the year, in common with the general death-rate, was a consequence
of the severe spell of cold weather during which there was a considerable
increase in the number of deaths of infants from pneumonia
and whooping-cough.
The distribution of the 164 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates
for the registration sub-districts and the wards, are
shown in the following table: —