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Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Population.
The population of Battersea at the middle of 1904, as
estimated by the Registrar-General, was 175,465. This
estimate is based on the assumption that the rate of increase
of population during the last intercensal period was maintained
during the subsequent years, and although it is probably
too high, it has been adopted in this Report, so that the
Battersea statistics may be comparable with those in other
districts.
Births.
The births registered were 4,849 in number, of which 2,497
were males and 2,352 females, the proportion of male to female
births being 1,061 to 1,000. The number of births was 276
below the decennial average, and 426 less than the number
in 1884, when the population was only 121,299. The births
in the sub-districts were as follows :—
Males.
Females.
Total.
The Borough 2,497 2,352 4.849
East Battersea 1,186 1,063 2,249
North-West Battersea 792 792 1,584
South-West Battersea 519 497 1,016
Table I. shows the birth-rate in each of the sub-districts
and in London during the decennium 1894-1903, and in 1904.