Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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TABLE VII. Comparative Statistics of Births, Mortality, &c.
Year. | Mean population for year. | Births. | Birth Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Zymotic Deaths. | Natural Increase. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1856 | 15,069 | 536 | 36.2 | 320 | 21.2 | 45 | 216 |
1857 | 15,970 | 582 | 36.0 | 343 | 21.4 | 46 | 239 |
1858 | 16,872 | 562 | 33.3 | 380 | 22.5 | 100 | 182 |
1859 | 17,774 | 685 | 38.5 | 394 | 22.1 | 96 | 292 |
1860 | 18,676 | 680 | 36.4 | 399 | 21.3 | 62 | 281 |
1861 | 19,582... | 750.... | ...38.3... | 505.. | ..25.7.... | 112.... | 245 |
1862 | 23,108 | 784 | 33.9 | 491 | 21.2 | 106 | 293 |
1863 | 26,635 | 1,042 | 39.1 | 522 | 19.5 | 86 | 520 |
1864 | 30,161 | 1,140 | 37.7 | 669 | 22.1 | 129 | 471 |
1865 | 33,688 | 1,357 | 40.2 | 785 | 23.3 | 177 | 572 |
1866 | 37,145 | 1,386 | 37.3 | 1,002 | 26.9 | 244 | 384 |
1867 | 40,741 | 1,734 | 42.5 | 870 | 21.3 | 122 | 864 |
1868 | 44,267 | 1,975 | 44.6 | 1,046 | 23.6 | 194 | 929 |
1869 | 47,749 | 2,096 | 43.8 | 1,121 | 23.4 | 247 | 975 |
1870 | 51,320 | 2,170 | 42.2 | 1,375 | 26.7 | 404 | 795 |
1871 | 54,847 | 2,220. | 40.4 | 1,472 | 26.8 | 463 | 748 |
1872 | 60,244 | 2,349 | 38.9 | 1,202 | 19.9 | 220 | 1,147 |
1873 | 65,614 | 2,659 | 40.5 | 1.307 | 19.9 | 205 | 1,352 |
1874 | 70,984 | 2,865 | 40.3 | 1,387 | 19.5 | 238 | 1,478 |
1875 | 76,354 | 3,080 | 40.3 | 1,724 | 22.5 | 307 | 1,356 |
1876 | 81,704 | 3,455 | 42.2 | 1,745 | 21.3 | 340 | 1,710 |
1877 | 87,094 | 3,481 | 39.9 | 1,725 | 19.8 | 280 | 1,756 |
1878 | 92,464 | 3,748 | 40.5 | 1,803 | 19.4 | 322 | 1,945 |
1879 | 97,834 | 4,001 | 40.8 | 1,980 | 20.2 | 355 | 2,021 |
1880 | 103,204 | 4,095 | 39.6 | 2,040 | 19.7 | 383 | 2,055 |
1881 | 108,342 | 4,452 | 41.8 | 2,033 | 18.7 | 381 | 2,419 |
1882 | 112,661 | 4,504 | 39.9 | 2,214 | 19.6 | 353 | 2,190 |
1883 | 116,980 | 4,711 | 40.2 | 2,344 | 20.0 | 369 | 2,367 |
1884 | 121,299 | 5,275 | 43.4 | 2,569 | 21.1 | 568 | 2,706 |
1885 | 125,618 | 4,654 | 37.0 | 2,566 | 20.4 | 432 | 2,088 |
1886 | 129,937 | 5,140 | 39.5 | 2,477 | 19.0 | 398 | 2,663 |
1887 | 134,256 | 5,186 | 38.6 | 2,451 | 18.2 | 502 | 2,735 |
1888 | 138,565 | 5,061 | 36.5 | 2,187 | 15.7 | 363 | 2,874 |
1889 | 142,884 | 5,161 | 36.1 | 2,240 | 15.6 | 366 | 2,921 |
1890 | 147,203 | 5,105 | 34.6 | 2,854 | 19.3 | 543 | 2,251 |
1891 | 150,880 | 5,237 | 34.7 | 2,697 | 17.9 | 398 | 2,540 |
1892 | 153,778 | 4,990 | 32.4 | 2,782 | 18.1 | 439 | 2,208 |
1893 | 156,719 | 5,225 | 33.3 | 2,974 | 18.9 | 614 | 2,251 |
1894 | 159,724 | 5,024 | 31.4 | 2,577 | 16.1 | 526 | 2,447 |
1895 | 162,787 | 5,264 | 32.3 | 2,961 | 18.1 | 460 | 2,303 |
1896 | 165,309 | 5,358 | 32.4 | 2,994 | 18.1 | 642 | 2,364 |
1897 | 166,059 | 5,266 | 31.7 | 2,737 | 16.4 | 486 | 2,529 |
1898 | 166,814 | 5,157 | 30.9 | 2,892 | 17.3 | 531 | 2,265 |
1899 | 167,570 | 5,179 | 30.9 | 2,905 | 17.3 | 418 | 2,274 |
1900 | 168,339 | 5,161 | 30.6 | 2,978 | 17.6 | 435 | 2,183 |
1901 | 169,100 | 5,025 | 29.7 | 2,766 | 16.3 | 491 | 2,259 |
1902 | 171,401 | 4,844 | 28.2 | 2,581 | 15.0 | 367 | 2,263 |
1903 | 173,422 | 4,973 | 28.6 | 2,476 | 14.2 | 347 | 2,497 |
The years marked thus were census years.