Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The registration of still-births became compulsory under the
provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1932 there were 93 still-births registered in Battersea,
of which 58 were of Battersea parents. Fourteen still-births
occurring outside the Borough were registered as belonging to
Battersea, making 72 in all, representing a still-birth rate of 30.1
per 1,000 births (live and still) registered. Of the 72 still-births
7 (9.72 per cent.) were registered as illegitimate.
Sixty-two still-births were notified, under the provisions of the
Notification of Births Acts during the year, the number notified
being 86.1 per cent. of the total Battersea still-births registered.
Notified births are visited and revisited by the Council's
official health visitors or the health visitors of the voluntary
organisations included in the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme.
A weekly return of all births notified is forwarded to the London
County Council, in accordance with the requirements of the Notification
of Births Act, 1907.
Comparative Statistics, Metropolitan Boroughs. Table showing the birth-rates, death-rates and infant mortality-rates in the 29 Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs for the year 1932:—
Births per 1,000 Population. | Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 live births. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Shoreditch | 17-5 | 1. | Lewisham | 10.2 | 1. | City of London | 46.2 |
2. | Poplar | 17-2 | 2. | Woolwich | 11.1 | 2. | Chelsea | 52.2 |
3. | Stepney | 16-8 | 3. | Hackney | 11.5 | 3. | Hackney | 53.9 |
4. | Bermondsey | 16-6 | 4. | Wandsworth | 11.6 | 4. | Hampstead | 54.0 |
5. | Southwark | 16-2 | 5. | Hampstead | 11.6 | 5. | StokeNewingto | 54.1 |
6. | Finsbury | 160 | 6. | Greenwich | 12.0 | 6. | Lewisham | 54.7 |
7. | Islington | 160 | 7. | Camberwell | 12.0 | 7. | Lambeth | 56.3 |
8. | Deptford | 15-9 | 8. | Bermondsey | 12.1 | 8. | Bermondsey | 56.8 |
9. | Bethnal Green | 15-4 | 9. | Battersea | 12.1 | 9. | Battersea | 57.8 |
10. | Stoke Newington | 150 | 10. | Poplar | 12 .1 | 10. | Fulham | 58.0 |
11. | Greenwich | 14-8 | 11 | Bethnal Green | 12.1 | 11. | Woolwich | 59.9 |
12. | Battersea | 14-8 | 12. | Deptford | 12.3 | 12. | Stepney | 60.2 |
13. | Lambeth | 14-8 | 13. | Shoreditch | 12.3 | 13. | Wandsworth | 62.8 |
f4. | Camberwell | 14-6 | 14. | Fulham | 12.4 | 14. | Poplar | 63.5 |
15. | Hackney | 14-5 | 15 | Stepney | 12.5 | 15. | Deptford | 64.7 |
16. | Hammersmith | 14-5 | 16. | Westminster | 12.5 | 16. | Camberwell | 64.7 |
17. | Fulham | 14-3 | 17. | Lambeth | 12.5 | 17. | Hammersmith | 66.5 |
18. | Woolwich | 14-0 | 18. | Islington | 12.7 | 18. | Westminster | 67.2 |
19. | St. Pancras | 14-0 | 19. | City of London | 12.8 | 19. | Islington | 67.6 |
20. | Paddington | 13-8 | 20. | Hammersmith | 12.8 | 20. | Bethnal Green | 69.1 |
21. | Kensington | 12-9 | 21. | Stoke Newingtor | 112.9 | 21. | St. Pancras | 69.3 |
22. | Lewisham | 12-7 | 22. | Chelsea | 12.9 | 22. | Holborn | 71.6 |
23. | Chelsea. | 11-9 | 23. | St. Marylebone | 13.1 | 23. | Southwark | 72.2 |
24. | Wandsworth | 11-8 | 24. | Southwark | 13.1 | 24. | Shoreditch | 80.0 |
25. | St. Marylebone | 10-9 | 25. | St. Pancras | 13.2 | 25. | Greenwich | 81.2 |
26. | Hampstead | 10-9 | 26. | Paddington | 13.3 | 26. | St. Marylebone | 87.2 |
27. | Holborn | 9-6 | 27. | Finsbury | 13.4 | 27. | Finsbury | 87.6 |
28. | Westminster | 9-3 | 28. | Kensington | 13.6 | 28. | Kensington | 98.2 |
29. | City of London | 6-5 | 29. | Holborn | 14.2 | 29. | Paddington | 107.0 |
County of London | 14.3 | County of London | 12.3 | County of London | 66.6 |
These rates are based upon the estimate furnished by the Registrar General
of the population of each Borough at the middle of 1932.