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Battersea 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Notification of Births.
During 1951 the number of notifications of live births received
belonging to the Borough was 1,784. The corrected number of
Battersea births registered during the year was 1,886. The proportion
of notified to registered births was, therefore, 94.6 per cent.
Thirty-seven still-births were notified under the provisions of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, during the year, the number
notified being 100.0 per cent, of the total Battersea still-births
registered.
The homes from which births are notified are visited and revisited
by Health Visitors.
MARRIAGES. The marriages registered in Battersea during 1951 numbered 929. The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 15.9.
| Year. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 1,043 | 19.2 |
| 1947 | 1,085 | 18.9 |
| 1948 | 988 | 17.0 |
| 1949 | 1,031 | 17.2 |
| 1950 | 949 | 16.1 |
| Mean 1946-50 | 1,016 | 17.7 |
| 15.9 | 1951 | 929 |
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1951
was 1,995. Of these, 1,054 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were, on the other hand, 515 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths belonging to the Borough was 1,456 (males 719, females 737).
This gives a recorded death rate of 12.44 compared with 13.1 for
London, and 12.5 for England and Wales.