Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths belonging to the Borough was 2,294 (males 1,154, females
1,140). This gives a recorded death-rate of 14.2 compared with
14.1 for London, and 13.4 for England and Wales.
According to the factor supplied by the Registrar-General,
ror correction of death-rate in reference to age and sex distribution,
the corrected death-rate for Battersea during 1929 was 13.7.
The distribution of the deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the Sub-Districts and the nine Wards is shown in the following Table.
Sub-Districts. | Estimated Population 1929. | Number of Deaths. | Death-rate. |
---|---|---|---|
East Battersea | 67,047 | 927 | 13.8 |
North-West Battersea | 46,272 | 657 | 14.2 |
South-West Battersea | 48,481 | 710 | 14.6 |
Wards. | |||
No. 1, Nine Elms | 26,342 | 363 | 13.8 |
No. 2, Park | 17,570 | 274 | 15.6 |
No. 3, Latchmere | 18,463 | 272 | 14.7 |
No. 4, Shaftesbury | 14,863 | 191 | 12.9 |
No. 5, Church | 17,840 | 245 | 13.7 |
No. 6, Winstanley | 19,887 | 263 | 13.2 |
No. 7, St. John | 8,266 | 102 | 12.3 |
No. 8, Bolingbroke | 18,305 | 284 | 15.5 |
No. 9, Broomwood | 20,264 | 300 | 14.8 |
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1929 :—
Under 1 year. | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 + | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | 97 | 64 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 133 | 359 | 425 | 1,154 |
F | 67 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 68 | 98 | 254 | 569 | 1,140 |
Ttls. | 164 | 121 | 30 | 25 | 116 | 231 | 613 | 994 | 2,294 |