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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 1907

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907

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Table: The following table shows the variation in the marriage-rate in Battersea and London since 1897:—

The following table shows the variation in the marriage-rate in Battersea and London since 1897:—

Year.Battersea.London.
No. of MarriagesMarriage-rate.Marriage-rate.
18971,357l6.218.5
18981,44117.218.8
18991,42917.018.6
19001,45117.218.0
19011,40716.617.6
19021,37216.017.8
19031,44216.617.4
19041,46516.717.0
19051,41215.916.9
19061,42015.817.1
Average 1897-19061,41916.517.8
19071,42715.717.0

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Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough of
Battersea during the year 1907 was 2,431, as compared with
2,425 during 1906, and a yearly average of 2,849.7 in the old
Parish of Battersea for the decennium 1891-1900. Of the total
2,431 deaths, 1,223 were males and 1,208 females, showing an
excess of 15 males.
The death-rate for Battersea is, therefore, 13.37 per
1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 14.9 for London.
This rate is, however, uncorrected, and, on analysing
the 2,431 deaths registered in the Borough of