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Illegitimate Births.
Of the total births registered in the Borough as belonging
to Battersea 131 were of illegitimate children (i.e., 3.5 per cent.),
as compared with 160 or 3 43 per cent, in 1920.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in Battersea during
the year was 2,445, as compared with 2,393 in 1920. Of the
total deaths registered 1,155 were males and 1,290 females,
showing an excess of 135 females.
The crude registered death-rate for Battersea is therefore
14'4 per 1,000 population. This rate is, however, uncorrected,
and on analysing the 2,445 deaths registered it is found that
800 represent deaths of non-residents. These deaths are to be
deducted, but, on the other hand, there must be added 415
deaths of Battersea residents registered outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths during 1921 is therefore 2,060
(1,012 males, 1,048 females), and the net corrected death-rate
is 12.3 per 1,000, as compared with 12.4 for London.
The following table shows the death-rates per 1,000 of the
population for the Borough and the registration sub-districts
for the ten years 1911-1920 and the year 1921 respectively: —