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Battersea 1923
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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The births in the registration sub-districts of the Borough were as follows:—
| Sub-district. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Battersea | 847 | 779 | 1,626 |
| North-West Battersea | 543 | 529 | 1,072 |
| South-West Battersea | 369 | 367 | 736 |
| The Borough | 1,759 | 1,675 | 3,434 |
The following table shows comparative average birth-rates for quinquennial periods from 1877-81 to 1917-1921, and birthrates for individual years from 1917 for England and Wales, London and Battersea:— Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
| 1877-81 | 34.9 | 35.3 | 40.5 |
| 1882-86 | 33.3 | 34.0 | 40.0 |
| 1887-91 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 36.1 |
| 1892-96 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 32.4 |
| 1897-1901 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 30.8 |
| 1902-06 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 27.5 |
| 1907-11 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 24.8 |
| 1912-16 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 24.4 |
| 1917-21 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.5 |
| 1917 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.7 |
| 1918 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 16.1 |
| 1919 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.5 |
| 1920 | 25.4 | 26.5 | 28.1 |
| 1921 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22.1 |
| 1922 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 21.7 |
| 1923 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 20.1 |
The following table shows the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population for each of the nine Wards of the Borough for the year 1923:—
| No. 1, Nine Elms | 27,775 | 684 | 24.6 |
| No. 2, Park | 18,526 | 471 | 25.4 |
| No. 3, Latchmere | 19,465 | 407 | 21.0 |
| No. 4, Shaftesbury | 15,671 | 291 | 18.6 |
| No. 5, Church | 18,812 | 380 | 20.2 |
| No. 6, Winstanlev | 20,967 | 494 | 23.6 |
| No. 7, St. John | 8,716 | 156 | 17.9 |
| No. 8, Bolingbroke | 19,302 | 286 | 14.8 |
| No. 9, Broom wood | 21,366 | 265 | 12.4 |