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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 1912

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1912

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Table: Summary of Vital Statistics for 1912.

Summary of Vital Statistics for 1912.

Area of Borough (excluding water)2,139.9 acres
Population (Census 1901)168,907
„ ( „ 1911)167,793
„ Estimated to middle of 1912167,589
Density78.3 persons per acre
Inhabited Houses (Census 1911)22,078
Marriages1,434
Births4,255
Birth-rate254
Deaths2,052
Death-rate12-2
Infantile Mortality83 per 1,000 births