London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
9
MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1964 numbered 866.
The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 16.9.
| Year | Marriages | Marriage Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 876 | 16.2 |
| 1960 | 961 | 17.9 |
| 1961 | 935 | 17.8 |
| 1962 | 949 | 18.1 |
| 1963 | 949 | 18.4 |
| 934 | 17.7 | |
| 1964 | 866 | 16.9 |
The marriage rate for England and Wales was 15.1.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1964 was
2,160. Of these 1,354 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to the districts in which the person ordinarily resided. There were
on the other hand, 346 deaths of Battersea residents registered outside
the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging to the
Borough was 1,152 (553 males and 599 females). This gives a recorded
death rate of 11.43. The rate for England and Wales was 11.3.
Of the 1,152 Battersea deaths 767 (or 66.6 per cent.) occurred in
hospitals, etc.
The average age at death is shown in the following table:-Average Age at Death.
| 1945 | 62.4 | 1955 | 67.7 |
| 1946 | 61.4 | 1956 | 66.9 |
| 1947 | 62.6 | 1957 | 67.2 |
| 1948 | 63.3 | 1958 | 68.3 |
| 1949 | 65.3 | 1959 | 67.7 |
| 63.0 | 67.6 | ||
| 1950 | 65.5 | 1960 | 66.9 |
| 1951 | 66.7 | 1961 | 67.4 |
| 1952 | 67.7 | 1962 | 68.5 |
| 1953 | 68.9 | 1963 | 68.2 |
| 1954 | 67.2 | 1964 | 66.7 |
| 67.4 | Males | 63.1 | |
| Females | 70.0 |