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Battersea 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Vital Statistics.
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year home population
of Battersea was 114,800 as compared with 116,400 in 1952, a decrease
of 1,600 (1.4 per cent).
The estimated mid-year home population figure of 114,800 has been
adopted for the purpose of the statistics contained in this Report.
During the year, the Registrar-General published a report on theCensus taken in April, 1951, and the following are extracts from this report: —
| Acres | Density per acre | Population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | |||
| No. 1. Nine Elms | 313 | 22.8 | 3,552 | 3,585 | 7,137 |
| No. 2. Park | 302 | 26.2 | 3,615 | 4,289 | 7,904 |
| No. 3. Newtown | 67 | 93.0 | 3,053 | 3,178 | 6,231 |
| No. 4. Latchmere | 126 | 71.2 | 4,286 | 4,689 | 8,975 |
| No. 5. Queenstown | 117 | 80.0 | 4,505 | 4,854 | 9,359 |
| No. 9. Church | 110 | 74.9 | 3,881 | 4,353 | 8,234 |
| No. 10. Vicarage | 101 | 70.3 | 3,457 | 3,641 | 7,098 |
| No. 11. Winstanley | 85 | 98.1 | 4,046 | 4,296 | 8,342 |
| Totals | 1,221 | 51.8 | 30,395 | 32,885 | 63,280 |
| No. 6. Shaftesbury | 120 | 61.8 | 3,449 | 3,962 | 7,411 |
| No. 7. Stormont | 71 | 99.1 | 3,234 | 3,805 | 7,039 |
| No. 8. Lavender | 53 | 95.1 | 2,355 | 2,684 | 5,039 |
| No. 12. St. John | 120 | 67.1 | 3,765 | 4,284 | 8,049 |
| No. 13. Bolingbroke | 79 | 54.5 | 1,982 | 2,321 | 4,303 |
| No. 14. Thornton | 137 | 41.5 | 2,458 | 3,231 | 5,689 |
| No. 15. Broomwood | 75 | 64.7 | 2,206 | 2,646 | 4,852 |
| No. 16. Nightingale | 287 | 40.0 | 5,008 | 6,470 | 11,478 |
| Totals | 942 | 57.2 | 24,457 | 29,403 | 53,860 |
| BOROUGH | 2,163 | 54.2 | 54,852 | 62,288 | 117,140 |