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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 1909
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1909
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1909.
Area of Borough (excluding water) 2,139.9 acres
Population (Census 1901) 168,907
„ Estimated to middle of 1909 186,036
Density 86 9 persons per acre
Inhabited Houses (Census 1901) 23,462
Marriages 1,307
Births 4,450
Birth-rate 23.9
Deaths 2,417
Death-rate 12.9
Infantile Mortality 107 per 1,000 births