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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) | 2,164 |
| Home population (1961 Census) | 105,870 |
| Home population (Registrar-General's Mid-Year Estimate) | 102,940 |
| Structurally separate occupied dwellings | 29,008 |
| Births (live 2,361, still 38) | 2,399 |
| Live Birth rate | 20.87 |
| Deaths—1,288. Death rate | 12.76 |
| Maternal Deaths—1. Maternal death rate | 0.42 |
| Infant Deaths—47. Infant mortality rate | 19.91 |