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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 next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and in the registration sub-districts in 1923, and during the previous decennium 1913-1922:— Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
| Year. | The Borough. | East Battersea. | North-West Battersea. | South-West Battersea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 25.3 | 27.0 | 29.6 | 18.5 |
| 1914 | 25.7 | 27.9 | 30.9 | 17.2 |
| 1915 | 23.6 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 16.7 |
| 1916 | 21.8 . | 23.0 | 25.0 | 16.8 |
| 1917 | 17.7 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 13.8 |
| 1918 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 12.0 |
| 1919 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 15.1 |
| 1920 | 28.1 | 29.8 | 32.0 | 21.8 |
| 1921 | 22.1 | 23.8 | 26.6 | 15.5 |
| 1922 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 24.8 | 16.8 |
| Average 1913-1922 | 22.1 | 23.7 | 25.4 | 16.4 |
| 1923 | 20.1 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 14.4 |
Illegitimate Births.
Of the total births registered as belonging to the Borough
of Battersea 115 were of illegitimate children (i.e.,-3.35 per cent.),
as compared with 128 or 3.49 per cent, in 1922 and 131 or 3.50 per
cent, in 1921.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1923
was 2,368. Of these 874 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were, on the other hand, 345 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths of persons belonging to the Borough was 1,839 (males 930,
females 909). This gives a recorded death-rate of 10.8 as compared
with 11.2 for London and 11.6 for England and Wales, the
lowest yet recorded in Battersea.
The following table shows the death-rates per 1,000 of the
population for the Borough and the registration sub-districts for
the ten years 1913-1922 and the year 1923 respectively:—