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Battersea 1935

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

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18
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 1935:—

Live Births per 1,000 Population.*Deaths per 1,000 Population.Infant Deaths per 1,000 live births.
1. Poplar15.41Lewisham10.03Lewisham42.6
2. Islington15.05Wandsworth10.23Woolwich44.3
3. Southwark1483Hampstead10.56Poplar46.5
4. Finsbury14..75Stoke Newington10.65Hackney47.7
5. Hammersmith14.65Chelsea10.71Hampstead49.0
6. Deptford14.60Woolwich10.86Fulham50.8
7. Shoreditch14.59Greenwich11.01Deptford50.9
8. Bermondsey14.48Hackney11.14Stoke Newington51.4
9. Bethnal Green14.39Islington11.25Bethnal Green51.5
10. Stepney14.31Kensington11.36Shoreditch51.9
11. Battersea14.20Deptford11.56Islington52.4
12. Paddington14.17Fulham11.71Wandsworth55.2
13. Hackney14.05Bethnal Green11.73St. Marylebone55.8
14. Woolwich14.02St. Marylebone11.75Lambeth58.9
15. Stoke Newington13.94Camberwell11.82Finsbury59.1
16. Fulham13.85Westminster11.86Chelsea59.6
17. Greenwich13.84Battersea11.92Greenwich59.8
18. Lambeth13.66Paddington11.96Camberwell60.5
19. Camberwell13.47Lambeth12.03St. Pancras62.9
20. St. Pancras13.31St. Pancras12.21Stepney63.1
21. Lewisham12.52City of London12.21Battersea65.1
22. Kensington12.48Hammersmith12.26Southwark65.7
23. Wandsworth11.04Poplar12.27Bermondsey69.3
24. Hampstead11.03Holborn12.69Hammersmith69.8
25. Chelsea10.24Stepney13.23Paddington71.3
26. St. Marylebone9.72Shoreditch12.45Westminster72.0
27. Westminster8.38Southwark13.28Kensington78.6
28. Holborn7.65Bermondsey13.33Holborn88.6
29. City of London7.58Finsbury13.71City of London12.7
County of London13.34County of London11.41County of London57.9

* The rates in this column have been adjusted by the " comparability
factor" referred to on page 11.