[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough] page 3

Battersea 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Vital Statistics.
Births registered in Battersea numbered 1393. Of these,
only 685 were of Battersea parents, but there were 607 Battersea
children born outside the Borough, and the total number of
Battersea live births in 1941 was therefore 1,292 (651 males, 641
females).
Still births numbered 42—rate 31.49 per 1,000 births, live and
still.
Illegitimate births numbered 89, which included 8 among the
still births.
Of the 1,292 Battersea live births, 977 were notified to the
Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (London) Act,
1936.
Marriages.—1,128 marriages were registered in Battersea
during 1941, over 500 less than in 1940.
Deaths.—2,353 deaths were registered in Battersea during
1941. Of these only 1,101 were of Battersea residents, but there
must be added 404 deaths of residents of the Borough registered
elsewhere, giving a total of 1,505 (799 males, 706 females).
For the 5 years 1936-40 the death-rate was 13.6 per 1,000
Population, the average number of deaths per annum having been
1.821.

Table: The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows:—

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The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows:—

1.	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers		—	18.	Intra cranial vascular lesions	83
2.	Cerebro-spinal fever		3	19.	Heart disease	444
3.	Scarlet fever		—	20.	Other diseases of circulatory system	50
4.	Whooping cough		5	20.	Other diseases of circulatory system	50
5.	Diphtheria		2	21.	Bronchitis	119
6.	Tuberculosis of the respiratory system		87	22.	Pneumonia	72
6.	Tuberculosis of the respiratory system		87	23.	Other respiratory diseases	12
7.	Other forms of tuberculosis		18	24.	Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	25
8.	Syphilitic diseases		22	24.	Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	25
9.	Influenza		14	25.	Diarrhoea (under 2 years)	2
10.	Measles		3	26.	Appendicitis	6
11.	Acute polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis		—	27.	Other digestive diseases	29
11.	Acute polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis		—	28.	Nephritis	27
12.	Acute infective encephalitis		—	29.	Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis	1
13.	Cancer of buccal cavity and œso-P h a g u s (m): uterus (f)	15	200	30.	Other maternal causes	1
13.	Cancer of buccal cavity and œso-P h a g u s (m): uterus (f)	15		31.	Premature birth	25
14.	Cancer of stomach and duodenum	46		32.	Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile diseases	12
15.	Cancer of breast	21		33.	Suicide	10
15.	Cancer of breast	21		34.	Road traffic accidents	15
16	Cancer of all other sites	118		35.	Other violent causes	111
17	Diabetes		11	36.	All other causes	96

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Table: The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows:—