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Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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TABLE XXVII. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.
| Year | Population estimated to middle of each year. 2 | Births. | TOTAL DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE DISTRICT | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9 | Deaths of Non- Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. II | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | Number. 12 | Rate 13 | |||||||||
| Number. 3 | Rate* 4 | Number. 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate* 8 | |||||||
| 1893 | 156,719 | 5.225 | 33.3 | 842 | 161 | 2,801 | 17.8 | 364 | 204 | 377 | 2,974 | 18.9 |
| 1894 | 159,724 | 5,024 | 31.4 | 718 | 142 | 2,404 | 15.6 | 354 | 204 | 377 | 2.577 | 16.1 |
| 1895 | 162,787 | 5,264 | 32.3 | 907 | 172 | 2,901 | 17.8 | 477 | 247 | 307 | 2.961 | 18.1 |
| 1896 | 165,309 | 5,358 | 32.4 | 937 | 174 | 2,941 | 17.7 | 507 | 266 | 319 | 2,994 | 18.1 |
| 1897 | 166,059 | 5,266 | 31.7 | 845 | 160 | 2,620 | 15.7 | 459 | 270 | 387 | 2.737 | 16.4 |
| 1898 | 166,814 | 5.157 | 30.9 | 840 | 162 | 2,762 | 165 | 495 | 258 | 388 | 2,892 | 17.3 |
| 1899 | 167,570 | 5,179 | 30.9 | 838 | 161 | 2,858 | 17.0 | 597 | 301 | 348 | 2,905 | 17.3 |
| 1900 | 168.339 | 5.161 | 30.6 | 826 | 157 | 2,951 | 17.5 | 598 | 293 | 320 | 2,978 | 17.6 |
| 1901 | 169,100 | 5.025 | 29.7 | 828 | 164 | 2,729 | 16.1 | 603 | 311 | 348 | 2,766 | 16.3 |
| 1902 | 171,401 | 4,844 | 28.2 | 654 | 135 | 2,451 | 14.2 | 601 | 298 | 428 | 2,581 | 15.0 |
| Averages for years 1893-02. | 165,382 | 5,150 | 31.1 | 823 | 158 | 2,741 | 16.5 | 505 | 265 | 359 | 2,836 | 17.1 |
| 1903 | 173,422 | 4,973 | 28.6 | 688 | 138 | 2,425 | 13.9 | 622 | 299 | 350 | 2,476 | 14.2 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population
Note.—The deaths included in Column of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the Borough.
The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7 corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the Borough on account of sickness and infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term
“residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the Borough on account of sickness or infirmity and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
“residents is meant have The " Public Institutions " taken into account tor tne purpose of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as
hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 2139.9 acres. Total population at all ages, 168,907; number of inhabited bouses, 23,462 ; average number of
persons per house, 7.19 — a t Census of 1901.