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The Census Enumeration which will be made on April
Ist, 1901, would form a more correct basis for estimating the
population of the year 1900 than would the Census figures of
1896 ; but as the result of the coming Census will not be
obtainable probably until early in May, it is necessary as in
previous years to rely upon an estimate based upon the
assumption that the increase shown in the intercensal period
(1891-1896) has since been maintained. The population as
estimated for the year 1899 was 174,640, and if to this be
added the average annual increase during the five years
ending 1896, viz., 2,931, the population for 1900 would be 177,571,
and upon this figure will be based the various birth, death
and other rates.
Births and Birth=Rate.
Five thousand one hundred and sixty-one births were
registered in Battersea during the year; of these, two thousand
six hundred and eight were males and two thousand five
hundred and fifty-three females. The birth-rate hereby
shewn is equal to 29-0 per 1,000 of the population, and
although higher than the Metropolis which was 28-6 per 1,000,
is the lowest ever recorded in Battersea. The birth-rate for
Battersea is, in fact, steadily declining each year, as the
following rates for the last ten years will show. This
reduction cannot be definitely explained, but is probably due
to the fact that Battersea is not so largely populated by young
married people of child-producing age as formerly.