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Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Population.
The population of Battersea at the middle of 1905, as
estimated by the Registrar-General, was 177,532. This
estimate is based on the assumption that the rate of increase of
the population during the last intercensal period was maintained
during the subsequent years. It is probably somewhat too high,
for there are reasons for thinking that the population of Battersea
has not increased during the last four years as it did between
the years 1891-1901. But the error, if error there be, must
be slight, and as there are obvious advantages in adopting the
official estimate of the Registrar-General, it has been adopted
in this report, and forms the basis of the various mortality and
other rates given in the report.
Births.
The births registered were 4,843 in number, of which .2,425
were males and 2,418 females, the proportion of male to female
births being 1,003 to 1,000. The number of births was 264
below the decennial average, and 432 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 2,425 2,418 4,843
East Battersea 1,183 1,095 2,278
North-West Battersea 790 832 1,622
South-West Battersea 452 491 943
* East Battersea consists of that portion of the Borough lying Hast of
Bridge Road and Latchmere Road, and North of Lavender Hill.
North-West Battersea consists of that portion of the Borough lying
West of Bridge Road and Latchmere Road, and North of the Windsor Line
of the London & South Western Railway.
South-West Battersea consists of that portion of the Borough lying
South of Lavender Hill and South of the Windsor Line of the London &
South Western Railway, and West of Latchmere Road