London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) | 2,163 |
| Population (Registrar-General's mid-year estimate) | 116,500 |
| Structurally separate occupied dwellings | 26,843 |
| Rateable value—£969,273. Sum produced by Id. rate | £3,991 |
| Births (live, 2,248; still, 46) | 2,294 |
| Live birth rate | 19.30 |
| Deaths—1,314. Death rate | 11.28 |
| Maternal deaths—3. Maternal death rate | 1.00 |
| Infant deaths—71. Infant mortality rate | 31.58 |