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 1927
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1. General. Area of Borough— (Including land and inland water) acres | 2,163 | |
(Excluding water) acres | 2,139.9 | |
Population— (Census, 1921) | 167,739 | |
(Registrar-General's estimate, mid-year 1927) | 169,000 | |
Structurally separate occupied dwellings (Census, 1921) | 27,191 | |
Rateable value | £1,131,429 | |
Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,679 | |
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Births— (Males, 1,382; females, 1,419) | 2,801 | |
Legitimate births (1,338 males, 1,374 females) | 2,712 | |
Illegitimate „ (44 males, 45 females) | 89 | |
16.6 | ||
2,065 | ||
12.2 | ||
1 | ||
Other causes | 5 | |
Legitimate | 52.4 | |
Illegitimate | 89.9 | |
53.5 | ||
1 | ||
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) | 15 | |
„ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 7 | |
Census, 1911— Population | 167,743 | |
Number of inhabited houses | 24,321 |