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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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. Poplar | 15.41 | Lewisham | 10.03 | Lewisham | 42.6 |
2. Islington | 15.05 | Wandsworth | 10.23 | Woolwich | 44.3 |
3. Southwark | 1483 | Hampstead | 10.56 | Poplar | 46.5 |
4. Finsbury | 14..75 | Stoke Newington | 10.65 | Hackney | 47.7 |
5. Hammersmith | 14.65 | Chelsea | 10.71 | Hampstead | 49.0 |
6. Deptford | 14.60 | Woolwich | 10.86 | Fulham | 50.8 |
7. Shoreditch | 14.59 | Greenwich | 11.01 | Deptford | 50.9 |
8. Bermondsey | 14.48 | Hackney | 11.14 | Stoke Newington | 51.4 |
9. Bethnal Green | 14.39 | Islington | 11.25 | Bethnal Green | 51.5 |
10. Stepney | 14.31 | Kensington | 11.36 | Shoreditch | 51.9 |
11. Battersea | 14.20 | Deptford | 11.56 | Islington | 52.4 |
12. Paddington | 14.17 | Fulham | 11.71 | Wandsworth | 55.2 |
13. Hackney | 14.05 | Bethnal Green | 11.73 | St. Marylebone | 55.8 |
14. Woolwich | 14.02 | St. Marylebone | 11.75 | Lambeth | 58.9 |
15. Stoke Newington | 13.94 | Camberwell | 11.82 | Finsbury | 59.1 |
16. Fulham | 13.85 | Westminster | 11.86 | Chelsea | 59.6 |
17. Greenwich | 13.84 | Battersea | 11.92 | Greenwich | 59.8 |
18. Lambeth | 13.66 | Paddington | 11.96 | Camberwell | 60.5 |
19. Camberwell | 13.47 | Lambeth | 12.03 | St. Pancras | 62.9 |
20. St. Pancras | 13.31 | St. Pancras | 12.21 | Stepney | 63.1 |
21. Lewisham | 12.52 | City of London | 12.21 | Battersea | 65.1 |
22. Kensington | 12.48 | Hammersmith | 12.26 | Southwark | 65.7 |
23. Wandsworth | 11.04 | Poplar | 12.27 | Bermondsey | 69.3 |
24. Hampstead | 11.03 | Holborn | 12.69 | Hammersmith | 69.8 |
25. Chelsea | 10.24 | Stepney | 13.23 | Paddington | 71.3 |
26. St. Marylebone | 9.72 | Shoreditch | 12.45 | Westminster | 72.0 |
27. Westminster | 8.38 | Southwark | 13.28 | Kensington | 78.6 |
28. Holborn | 7.65 | Bermondsey | 13.33 | Holborn | 88.6 |
29. City of London | 7.58 | Finsbury | 13.71 | City of London | 12.7 |
County of London | 13.34 | County of London | 11.41 | County of London | 57.9 |
* The rates in this column have been adjusted by the " comparability
factor" referred to on page 11.