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Births, Marriages, Deaths.
Population.
The population of Battersea at the middle of 1903, as
estimated by the Registrar-General, was 173,422. This
estimate is based on the assumption that the rate of increase
of population during the last intercensal period was maintained
during 1902 and 1903, and although it is almost certainly
too high, it has been adopted in this Report, so that the
Battersea statistics may be comparable with those in other
īìdistricts.
Births
The births registered were 4,973 in number, of which 2,509
were males and 2,464 females, the proportion of male to female
births being 1,018 to 1,000. The number of births was 177
below the decennial average, and 252 less than the number
in 1893, when the population was only 156,719. The births
in the sub-districts were as follows :—
The Borough
East Battersea
North-West Battersea
South-West Battersea
Males.
2,509
1,158
857
494
Females.
2,464
1,140
835
489
Total.
4,973
2,298
1,692
983
Table I. shows the birth-rate in each of the sub-districts
and in London during the decennium 1893-1902, and in 1903.