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Battersea 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Senile Mortality. During 1931 the deaths of 883 residents of Battersea aged 65 years and upwards were registered. The distribution of these deaths which constituted 45.7 per cent. of the deaths at all ages is set out in the following table :—

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Senile Mortality. During 1931 the deaths of 883 residents of Battersea aged 65 years and upwards were registered. The distribution of these deaths which constituted 45.7 per cent. of the deaths at all ages is set out in the following table :—

District.	65 and under 75.		75 and under 85.		85 and upwards.		Total over 65.		Total.
District.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
East Battersea	88	73	64	76	13	27	165	176	341
N.W. Battersea	50	66	40	45	7	6	97	117	214
S.W. Battersea	66	88	45	83	15	31	126	202	328
Borough of Battersea	204	227	149	204	35	64	388	495	883

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Infant Mortality.
During 1931 the deaths of 142 infants were registered as belonging
to Battersea. The total number of births registered during
the year was 2,477, giving an infant mortality rate of 57.3 per
1,000 births, as compared with 54.7 in 1930, 62.6 in 1929, 64.2
in 1928, and 53.5 in 1927.
It will be noted that the Infant Mortality rate was slightly
higher during 1931 than in the previous year.

Table: The distribution of the 142 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates for the registration Sub-Districts and the Wards, are shown in the following table: —

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The distribution of the 142 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates for the registration Sub-Districts and the Wards, are shown in the following table: —

Registration Sub-District.	Births.	Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.			Infant Mor-tality per 1,000 births.
		m.	f.	total.
East Battersea	1,079	41	30	71	65.8
North-West Batter-sea	696	23	16	39	56.0
South-West Batter-sea	702	20	12	32	45.6
The Borough	2,477	84	58	142	57.3
Ward.
1. Nine Elms	455	18	12	30	65.9
2. Park	286	13	10	23	80.4
3 T atrhmprp	310	9	8	17	54.8
4. Shaftesbury	204	7	6	13	63.7
5. Church	231	8	3	11	47.6
6. Winstanley	314	11	8	19	60.5
7. St. John	139	2	4	6	43.2
8. Bolingbroke	284	10	4	14	49.3
9. Broomwood	254	6	3	9	35.4

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Battersea 1931

Table: Senile Mortality. During 1931 the deaths of 883 residents of Battersea aged 65 years and upwards were registered. The distribution of these deaths which constituted 45.7 per cent. of the deaths at all ages is set out in the following table :—

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Table: The distribution of the 142 infant deaths and the infant mortality-rates for the registration Sub-Districts and the Wards, are shown in the following table: —