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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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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 1934:—
| Births per 1,000 Population. | *Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infant Deaths per 1,000 live births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Shoreditch | 16.1 | Lewisham | 10.1 | Lewisham | 43 |
| 2. Deptford | 15.8 | Wandsworth | 10.4 | Finsbury | 51 |
| 3. Poplar | 15.5 | Hampstead | 10.6 | Hampstead | 53 |
| 4. Stepney | 15.3 | Stoke Newington | 11.0 | Hackney | 56 |
| 5. Finsbury | 15.1 | Chelsea | 11.4 | Wandsworth | 57 |
| 6. Southwark | 14.9 | City of London | 11.6 | Fulham | 59 |
| 7. Bermondsey | 14.8 | Islington | 11.9 | Stoke Newington | 61 |
| 8. Islington | 14.7 | Woolwich | 12.0 | St. Marylebone | 61 |
| 9. Bethnal Green | 14.3 | City of Westminster | 12.1 | ||
| Hackney | 12.2 | Poplar | 62 | ||
| 11. Hackney | 14.2 | Camberwell | 12.3 | Islington | 62 |
| 12. Lambeth | 14.2 | Paddington | 12.3 | Lambeth | 63 |
| 13. Hammersmith | 13.8 | Woolwich | 63 | ||
| 14. Woolwich | 13.8 | Greenwich | 12.5 | Bermondsey | 64 |
| 15. Fulham | 13.7 | Kensington | 12.5 | Chelsea | 65 |
| 16. Greenwich | 13.7 | St. Marylebone | 12.6 | St. Pancras | 65 |
| 17. Stoke Newington | 13.7 | Lambeth | 12.6 | City of Westminster | 66 |
| 18. Paddington | 13.7 | Fulham | 12.7 | Camberwell | 67 |
| 19. Camberwell | 13.2 | St. Pancras | 13.2 | Deptford | 68 |
| 20. St. Pancras | 13.1 | Hammersmith | 13.3 | Holborn | 71 |
| 21. Kensington | 12.3 | Bethnal Green | 13.4 | Bethnal Green | 73 |
| 22. Lewisham | 12.2 | Deptford | 13.6 | Hammersmith | 77 |
| 23. Wandsworth | 11.0 | Poplar | 13.7 | Southwark | 77 |
| 24. Chelsea | 10.8 | Holborn | 13.8 | Shoreditch | 84 |
| 25. Hampstead | 10.4 | Bermondsey | 14.1 | Greenwich | 87 |
| 26. City of Westminster | 9.4 | Stepney | 14.3 | Stepney | 87 |
| 27. St. Marylebone | 9.0 | Shoreditch | 14.4 | Kensington | 93 |
| 28. Holborn | 8.6 | Southwark | 14.5 | Paddington | 96 |
| 29. City of London | 6.8 | Finsbury | 14.6 | City of London | 121 |
| County of London | 13.4 | County of London | 12.5 | County of London | 67.4 |
*The rates in this column have been adjusted by the "comparability
factor" referred to on page 10.