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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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Table: TABLE I. ( Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1920 and Previous Years.

TABLE I. ( Required by the Ministry of Health to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1920 and Previous Years.

Year. 1Population estimated to middle of each Year2Births.Total Deaths Registered In The District.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the District.
Un-corrected Number.3Nett.Number. 6Rate.* 7of Non-residents registered in the District.8of Residents not registered in the District. 9Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number. 4Rate.*5Number. 10Rate per 1,000 Nett Births 11Number. 12Rate.* 13
1914167,3384,0804,30325.72,47014.4685432397922,21713.2
1915161,9453,6043,82023.62,99218.57984594281122,65316.4
1916173,432 B. †3,5233,77421.82,50215.7705424318842,22113.9
159,402 D.†
1917167,233 B.†2,7092,96017.72,56717.17274452991012,28515.2
150,023 D.†
1918168,014 B.†2,4072,70016.13,19521.3857471267992,80918.7
149,951 D.†
1919165,960 B.†2,7653,07518.52,40915.1730382228742,06112.9
159,316 D.†
1920166,093 B.†4,2184,66928.12,39314.4700386386832,07912.5
165,864 D.†

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* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (land and inland water), 2,307 acres. Total population at all ages, 167,743; number of inhabited houses, 24,321; average number of persons per
house 6.9 (Census Report 1911).
† B. = Registrar General's estimated population for purpose of calculating birth-rate.
† D. = Do. do. death-rate.