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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 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1902.
Area of Borough (excluding water) 2,139.9 acres.
Population (Census 1901) 168,907
„ Estimated to middle of 1902 171,401
Density 80 persons per acre.
Inhabited Houses (Census 1901) 23,462
Marriages 1,372
Births 4,844
Birth=rate 28.2
Deaths 2,581
Death=rate 15.0
Infantile Mortality 136 per 1,000 births.