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Battersea 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1959 numbered 876.
The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 16.2.
| Year | Marriages | Marriage Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 912 | 16.0 |
| 1955 | 971 | 17.1 |
| 1956 | 896 | 15.9 |
| 1957 | 966 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 876 | 15.7 |
| 924 | 16.4 | |
| 1959 | 876 | 16.2 |
The marriage rate for England Wales was 15.0.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1959
2,194. Of these, 1,243 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided. .There
were, on the other hand, 377 deaths of Battersea residents registered
outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging
to the Borough was 1,328 (657 males and 671 females). This gives a
recorded death rate of 11.63 compared with 11.6 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1959: —
| Under 1 year | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75+ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | 21 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 201 | 182 | 214 | 657 |
| F. | 23 | 4 | — | 4 | 27 | 107 | 155 | 351 | 671 |
| Totals | 44 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 47 | 308 | 337 | 565 | 1,328 |
| % of total | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 23.2 | 25.4 | 42.5 | 100.0 |
Of the 1,328 Battersea deaths 840 (or 63.3 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 | |||
| 1958 | 68.3 | |||
| 1959 | 67.7 | |||
| 67.6 | ||||