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A still more remarkable contrast is seen when the poorest
and wealthiest of these five enumeration districts are compared.
District 9 in North-West Battersea, which includes Orville
Road, is the poorest and most degraded part of the Borough,
while on the other hand district 35 in South-West
Battersea is the wealthiest. The following table shows how
striking is the difference between the birth-rates in the two
districts:—
Enumeration
District.
Population
Census,
1901.
No. of Births.
Legitimate.
Illegitimate
Birth-rate
per 1,000
Population.
Legitimate
Births
per 1,000
Married Women
aged 15—45.
No. 9 1,588 62 2 40.30 302.4
No. 35 1,487 11 Nil 7.39 93.2
Another area which may be profitably studied in this
connection is the Latchmere Estate, which consists of 316
workmen's dwellings, erected by the Borough Council in
1903-4. Particulars as to the population of the estate were
obtained by a census which was taken in the first week of
January, 1906. Most of the tenements are let at rentals of
7s. 6d., 10s. and 10s. 6d. per week, there being also a few
houses at a weekly rental of 11s. 6d. The estate is occupied
by a working-class population, and most of the workers are
engaged in skilled occupations. In the character and intelligence
of its inhabitants, the Latchmere Estate compares
favourably with any other district in Battersea. The birthrate
on the estate in 1905 is given in the following table :—