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Marriages.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1911 number
1281 and are 107 less than the decennial average. The marriagerate,
i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population
was 15·2 or 0·3 below the decennial average.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough of
Battersea during the year 1911 was 2,437 as compared with 2,163
during 1910 and a yearly average of 2,849 in the old Parish of
Battersea for the decennium 1891-1900. Of the total deaths
registered 1,264 were male and 1,173 females showing an excess of
91 males.
The death rate for Battersea is therefore 14·5 per 1,000 inhabitants
as compared with 15·0 for London. This rate is, however,
uncorrected and on analysing the 2,437 deaths registered in
the Borough of Battersea it is found that 506 represent deaths
occurring within the Borough amongst persons not belonging thereto.
These deaths are to be deducted: but on the other hand there are
473 deaths of Battersea residents and these must be added giving
a corrected number of deaths for Battersea during 1911 of 2,404
(1,239 males and 1,165 females) an excess of 74 males, and a corrected
death-rate of 14·3 as compared with 15·8 for London (the
total corrected number of London deaths being 67,826).
A further correction can be made according to age and sex
distribution. This is a more satisfactory method for ascertaining
the healthiness of a district. The death-rate for a district will
vary according to the character of its population, e.g., a district
containing a large number of very young or very old people will
have a higher death-rate than a district where there is a large
proportion of people of middle age.
Sub-dividin the death-rate amongst the three registration
sub-districts it will be noted that in all there has been an increase
in the death-rate, most marked in the North West district. As in
the case of the birth-rate calculation, it should be remembered that
the higher death-rate recorded in Battersea during 1911, as compared
with 1910 and the previous 4 or 5 years, is calculated on the
estimated population as ascertained from the recent census, and
to a large extent accounts for the disparity. The following table
shows the death rates per 1,000 of the population in the Borough
and the sub-districts for the ten years 1901-1911.