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 1900
Report upon the public health & sanitary condition of Battersea during the year1900
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1891 ... ... ... ... ... 34.6
1892 ... ... ... ... ... 32.3
1893 ... ... ... ... ... 33 .2
894 ... ... ... ... ... 3 1 .4
1895 ... ... ... ... ... 32.3
1896 ... ... ... ... ... 32.3
1897 ... ... ... ... ... 3 1.2
1898 ... ... ... ... ... 30.0
1899 ... ... ... ... ... 29.6
1900 ... ... ... ... ... 29.0
Average for 10 years ... ... 31.5
Birth-rate for London, 1900 ... 28.6
Deaths and Death-Rates.
Two thousand nine hundred and fifty-one deaths were
registered during the year. Of these, one thousand five
hundred and seventeen were males and one thousand four
hundred and thirty-four females, the distribution between the
sexes being fairly equal. The registered death-rate was
therefore equal to 16-6 per 1,000 of the population compared
with 18.8 in the whole Metropolis, where the deaths registered
numbered eighty-six thousand and seven.
The following table classifies the deaths registered in
Battersea in regard to locality and as to the number of
"residents" and "non-residents" :—
These figures are tabulated below.
| Battersea. | Percentage of tenements of less than 5 rooms to total tenements. | Percentage of tenements of one room to total tenements. | Percentage of population living in tenements of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One room. | Two rooms | Three rooms | Four rooms | ||||
| Census | 1891 | 63.4 | 10.1 | 4.5 | 12.1 | 18.9 | 18.7 |
| Census | 1901 | 61.7 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 11.3 | 17.9 | 19.6 |