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Vital Statistics.
Population. —The population of the Borough at the middle of
1946 is estimated by the Registrar-General to have been 108, 610.
Births. —Births registered in Battersea numbered 2,939 of
these, 1,665 were of Battersea parents, but there were 881
Battersea children born outside the Borough, and the total number
of Battersea live births in 1946 was therefore 2,546 (1,317 males
1,229 females).
Live birth-rate 23.44 per 1,000, an increase of 5.82 over that
of the previous year, and the highest since 1915.
Still births numbered 59 —rate 22.65 per 1,000 births, live and
still.
Illegitimate births numbered 184, which included 2 among the
still births.
Of the 2,546 Battersea live births, 2,422 were notified to the
Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (London) A ct
1936.
Marriages. —1,043 marriages were registered in Battersea
during 1946, a marriage-rate of 19.2.
Deaths. —2,004 deaths were registered in Battersea during
1946. Of these 848 were of Battersea residents, but there must
be added 621 deaths of residents of the Borough registered els ewhere,
giving a total of 1,469 (751 males, 718 females), and the
death rate was 13.53 per 1,000 population, a decrease of 0.32 from
the figure for the preceding year.