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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1. General. | ||||
Area of Borough— | ||||
(Including land and inland water) acres | 2,163 | |||
(Excluding water) acres | 2,139.9 | |||
Structurally separate occupied dwellings on rate books at end of 1938 | 28,042 | |||
Rateable value (1938) | £1,167,395 | |||
Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,750 | |||
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. | ||||
Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
Legitimate | 1,012 | 1,014 | 2,026 | |
Illegitimate | 44 | 44 | 88 | |
Live births | 1,056 | 1,058 | 2,114 | |
Still births | 34 | 22 | 56 | |
14.92 | ||||
25.8 | ||||
1,675 | ||||
11.82 | ||||
From sepsis | 5 | |||
Other puerperal causes | 1 | |||
Legitimate, 104; illegitimate, 9 | 113 | |||
Legitimate, 51.33; illegitimate, 102.27. All deaths under 1 year | ||||
274 | ||||
„ Measles (all ages) | 11 | |||
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) | 3 | |||
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 31 | |||
3. Census— | Population. | Private families. | Inhabited dwellings. | |
1911 | 167,743 | 39,439 | 24,321 | |
1921 | 167,739 | 42,988 | 27,191 | |
1931 | 159,552 | 44,618 | 27,219 |