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Battersea 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1921.
Area of Borough (excluding water) - 2,139'9 acres
divided into three Registration Sub districts, two
Parliamentary Divisions, and nine Wards.
Census 1921 (taken 19th June):
Population—Estimated 1921 169,200
,, Enumerated* 167,693
Density79.07
Structurally Separate Habitations* 27,639
Average number of persons per habitation 6.12
Marriages1,482
Marriage-rate 17.52
Births 3,742
Birth-rate 22.12
Deaths 2,060
Death rate 12.17
Infant Mortality-rate 73.8
Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases 173
Death-rate from ,, „ ,, 1.02
CENSUS 1911.
Population167,743
Number of Inhabited Houses 24,321
Average number of persons per house 6.09
* Preliminary Report Census, 1921.