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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The following table gives the distribution of the births and the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population in the Sub-districts and in the Wards for the year 1931.
Estimated Population, 1931. | Number of Births. | Birth-rate. | |
East Battersea | 64,586 | 1,079 | 16.7 |
North-West Battersea | 44,716 | 696 | 15.6 |
South-West Battersea | 50,498 | 702 | 13.9 |
Wards. | |||
No. 1. Nine Elms | 25,501 | 455 | 17.8 |
No. 2. Park | 16,924 | 286 | 16.9 |
No. 3. Latchmere | 18,422 | 310 | 16.8 |
No. 4. Shaftesbury | 14,131 | 204 | 14.4 |
No. 5. Church | 16,781 | 231 | 13.8 |
No. 6. Winstanley | 19,217 | 314 | 16.3 |
No. 7. St. John | 8,572 | 139 | 16.2 |
No. 8. Bolingbroke | 18,510 | 284 | 15.3 |
No. 9. Broomwood | 21,742 | 254 | 11.7 |
The next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and ir the registration sub-districts in 1931, and during the previous decennium 1921-1930:— Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
Year. | The Borough. | East Battersea. | North-West Battersea. | South-West Battersea. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1921 | 22.1 | 23.8 | 26.6 | 15.5 |
1922 | 21.7 | 230 | 24.8 | 16.8 |
1923 | 20.1 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 14.4 |
1924 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 21.9 | 12.8 |
1925 | 18.5 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 13.6 |
1926 | 17.3 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 11.9 |
1927 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 12.5 |
1928 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 12.8 |
1929 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 12.7 |
1930 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 14.2 |
Average 1921-1930 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 13.7 |
1931 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 13.9 |