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BATTERSEA.
In submitting this contribution to the Sanitary Report for 1860, it
may be as well that I premise a brief view of the state of the population of this
sub-district as forming the basis upon which any estimate of its sanitary condition
will have to be made.
By the census of 1841 it appeared that the inhabitants of this parish numbered
only 6,617: by that of 1851 it was found the number had reached
10,560, but by the one recently taken to as many as 19,582. In the twenty
years' interval, therefore, it will be seen that an increase has taken place of
12,965, and that within the last decennial period alone there has been an
augmentation of no less than 9,022. This fact at once shows not only the
growing importance of the parish, but the necessity which exists for persevering
exertions, in order to maintain so large a population under proper and
efficient sanitary regulations. I should here state that the 19,582 inhabitants
are made up of 9,502 males, and 10,080 females, thus giving a preponderance
to the latter of 578.
Statistics of Mortality.
During 1860 there were registered in this parish 399 deaths from disease
and other causes, of which number 205 were of males, and 194 of females,
being five only in excess of the previous year, notwithstanding the increase of
the population in the interval. The rate of mortality to population in 1860,
I calculate, will have been somewhat under 21 in 1,000.
The subjoined table gives the number of deaths from all causes, and amongst
all classes, ages, &c., that have been registered during the year in this subdistrict.