Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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Year.
Battersea.
London.
No. of Marriages.
Marriage-rate.
Marriage-rate.
1895 1,241 15.2 17.2
1896 1,334 16.1 18.0
1897 1.357 16.2 18.5
1898 1,441 17.2 18.8
1899 1,429 17.0 18.6
1900 1,451 17.2 18.0
1901 1,407 16.6 17.6
1902 1.372 16.0 17.8
1903 1,442 16.6 17.4
1904 1,465 16.7 17.0
Average
1895-1904
1,393 16.4 17.8
1905 1,412 15.9
Deaths.
During the year 2,542 deaths were registered. This
number includes 399 deaths of non-residents occurring in public
institutions in the district. Deducting these and adding 418
deaths of Battersea residents registered in public institutions
outside the district, a net total of 2,561 deaths (males 1,297,
females 1,264) is obtained. This gives a death-rate of 14.4,
which is equal to the rate in the previous year. In only one
year has a lower death-rate been recorded in Battersea. This
was in 1903, when the death-rate was 14.2. 1,159 deaths belong
to East Battersea, 873 to North-West Battersea, and 529 to
South-West Battersea.