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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1920.
Area of Borough (excluding water) - 2,139 9 acres
divided into three Registration Sub districts, two
Parliamentary Divisions, and nine Wards.
Population—Estimated 1920—
For Births 166,093
For Deaths 165,664
Density 7742
Inhabited houses 24,926
Average number of persons per house 6.6
Marriages 1,644
Marriage-rate 19 8
Births 4,669
Birth-rate 281
Deaths 2,079
Death rate 12 5
Infant Mortality-rate 82 7
Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases 188
Death-rate from ,, ,, ,, 113
CENSUS 1911.
Population 167,743
Number of inhabited houses 24,321
Average number of persons per house 6 9