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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 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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APPENDIX No. 2—(contiuued)
TABLE 1. (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 1911 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | total deaths registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Un2 corrected Number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | of Nonresidents registeredin the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1906 | 179,622 | 4,597 | 4,654 | 25.9 | 2,425 | 13.5 | 444 | 403 | 588 | 126 | 2,384 | 13.2 |
| 1907 | 181,736 | 4,497 | 4,574 | 25.1 | 2,431 | 13.4 | 446 | 421 | 526 | 115 | 2,406 | 13.2 |
| 1908 | 183,873 | 4,500 | 4,629 | 25.1 | 2,265 | 12.4 | 408 | 415 | 494 | 107 | 2,272 | 12.3 |
| 1909 | 186,036 | 4,253 | 4,450 | 23.9 | 2,445 | 13.1 | 502 | 474 | 478 | 107 | 2,417 | 13.0 |
| 1910 | 188,222 | 4,288 | 4,489 | 23.7 | 2,165 | 11.5 | 444 | 403 | 434 | 97 | 2,124 | 11.3 |
| 1911 | 167,765 | 4,154 | 4,381 | 26.1 | 2,437 | 14.5 | 506 | 473 | 546 | 125 | 2,404 | 14.3 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 2,139 acres. Total population at all ages, 167,793; number of inhabited houses, 22,078; average number of
persons per house, at Census of 1911.