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Vital Statistics.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the 1947 mid-year population
of Battersea was 114,960, as compared with 108,610 in 1946. The
population of Battersea at the census taken in April, 1931, was 159,552,
and the Registrar-General's estimate for 1947 therefore indicates a
decrease of 44,592 (or 28 per cent.) since the census, but an increase
of 6,350 during 1946/7.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year population of
the Borough (114,960) has been adopted for the purpose of the statistics
contained in this report.
BIRTHS.
The number of live births registered in the Borough during 194/
was 2,905 (1,460 male, 1445 female). Of this number 1,137 were
transferred out, the permanent residence of the parents being outside
the Borough, and 895 registered outside the Borough, were transferred
in, giving on balance a total of 2,663 births (1,296 male, 1,367 female,
an excess of 71 females) relating to Battersea residents, and a live
birth rate of 23.16 per 1,000 of the population. This is a decrease ot
0.28 on that of 1946.
Of the Battersea births (live and still) which occurred within the
Borough, 1,143 were "domiciliary births."
Illegitimate births numbered 174 or 6.5 per cent. of the live births.
The number of births occurring in each quarter of the year is
shown in the table on page 12.
The live birth rate for the County of London was 22.7 per 1,000
of the population, and for England and Wales the rate was 20.5.
Still-Births.
The registration of still-births is made compulsory by the Births
and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1947 there were 102 still-births registered in Battersea, of
which 45 were of Battersea parents. 29 still-births occurring outside
the Borough were registered as belonging to Battersea, making 74 in
all, representing a still-birth rate of 27.04 per 1,000 births (live and
still) registered. Of the 74 still-births 4 (5.4 per cent.) were registered
as illegitimate.