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Battersea 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1957 numbered 966.
The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 17.3.
| Year | Marriages | Marriage Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 884 | 15.2 |
| 1953 | 876 | 15.3 |
| 1954 | 912 | 16.0 |
| 1955 | 971 | 17.1 |
| 1956 | 896 | 15.9 |
| 908 | 15.9 | |
| 1957 | 966 | 17.3 |
The marriage rate for England and Wales was 15.4.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1957 was
2,060. Of these, 1,212 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided. There
were, on the other hand, 369 deaths of Battersea residents registered
outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging
to the Borough was 1,217 (641 males and 576 females). This gives 3
recorded death rate of 10.89 compared with 11.5 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1957:—
| Under 1 year | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75+ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 188 | 183 | 205 | 641 |
| F. | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 90 | 148 | 286 | 576 |
| Totals | 41 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 278 | 331 | 491 | 1,217 |
| % of total | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 22.9 | 27.2 | 40.3 | 100.0 |
Of the 1,217 Battersea deaths 748 (or 61.5 per cent.) occurred
in hospitals, etc.
The average age at death is shown in the following table:— Average Age at Death.
| 1945 | 62.4 | 1950 | 65.5 | |
| 1946 | 61.4 | 1951 | 66.7 | |
| 1947 | 62.6 | 1952 | 67.7 | |
| 1948 | 63.3 | 1953 | 68.9* | |
| 1949 | 65.3 | 1954 | 67.2 | |
| 63.0 | 67.4 | |||
| 1955 | 67.7 | |||
| 1956 | 66.9 | |||
| 1957 | 67.2 | |||
* During 1953 all deaths, with the exception of those from tuberculosis,
that occurred in St. John's Hospital, a hospital for the aged
sick, were assignable to Battersea, irrespective of the home address of
the patient prior to admission.