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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 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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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 1913 and Previous Ykars.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to middle of each Year.2 | Births. | total deaths registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number.3 | Nett. | Number. 6 | Rate.* 7 | of Nonresidents registered in the District.8 | of Residents not registered in the District. 9 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. 4 | Rate.* 5 | Number. 10 | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births 11 | Number. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||||
| 1908 | 183,873 | 4,500 | 4,629 | 25.1 | 2,205 | 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 |
| 1912 | 167,589 | 4,030 | 4,255 | 25.4 | 2,125 | 12.7 | 530 | 457 | 353 | 82.9 | 2,052 | 12.2 |
| 1913 | 167,464 | 4,058 | 4,240 | 25.3 | 2,439 | 14.5 | 589 | 525 | 471 | 111 | 2,365 | 14.1 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (land and inland water), 2,309 acres. Total population at all ages, 167,793; number of inhabited houses, 22,078; average number of persons per
house, 7 6 at Census of 1911.