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Battersea 1910

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1910

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Table: APPENDIX No. 2.TABLE I.(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years.

APPENDIX No. 2.

TABLE I.

(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years.

Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.total deaths registered in the districtTotal Deathsin Public Institutions in the District.Deaths ofNon-Residents registered in Public Instituter. xin the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Instituv xbeyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Under 1 Year of AgeAt all Ages.
Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registeredNumber.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
1900168,3395,16130·68261572,95117·55982933202,97817·6
1901169,1005,02529·78281642,72916·16033113482,76616·3
1902171,4014,84428·26541352,54114·26012984282,58115·0
1903173,4224,97328·66881382,42513·96222993502,47614·2
1904175,4654,84927·57061462,51714·37253723982,54314·4
1905177,5324,84327·35501142,54214·37413994182,56114·4
1906179,6224,65425·96111312,42513·57864444032,38413·2
1907181,7364,57425·15341172,43113·48174464212,40613·2
1908183,8734,62925·14951162,26512·47404084152,27212·3
1909186,0364,45023·94831132,44513·19025024742,41713·0
Averages for years 1900-09176,6524,80027·26371332,52714·37133673972,53814·4
1910188,2224,48923·74511002,16511·57764444032,12411·3

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* Rates calculated per 1.000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the Borough.
The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7 corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the Borough on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there: and by the term
"residents " is meant persons who have been taken out of the Borough on account of sickness or infirmity and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purpose of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such
as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water). 2139 9 acres. Total population at all ages, 168,907 ; number of inhabited houses, 23, 462; average number of
persons per house, 7.19—at Census of 1901.