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Battersea 1921
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Vital Statistics.
The enumerated population of the Borough at the Census
taken on the 19th June, 1921, was 167,693, as compared with
167,743 at the Census of 1911.
The Census of 1921 was originally planned for the 24th
April, but was unavoidably postponed until the 19th June. The
Registrar-General has deemed it necessary, therefore, to make
an adjustment in the figures, in consideration of the fact that,
largely owing to the abnormally fine weather at the latter date,
the holiday movement was already in progress.
The estimated population of the Borough, according to the
Registrar-General, to the middle of the year, therefore, is
169,200.*
In the following table is set out the unrevised Census population and the estimated mid-year population in the registration sub-districts and the Wards of the Borough, based upon the provisional Census distribution:—
| Registration Sub-district. | Unrevised Census Population. | Estimated mid-year Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M | F. | Total. | |
| E. Battersea | 33,244 | 36,166 | 69,410 | 33,543 | 36,491 | 70,034 |
| N.W. „ | 23,379 | 24,614 | 47,993 | 23,589 | 24,835 | 48,424 |
| S.W. „ | 22,118 | 28,172 | 50,290 | 22,317 | 28,425 | 50,742 |
| Total | 78,741 | 88,952 | 167,693 | 79,449 | 89,751 | 169,200 |
| 1. Nine Elms | 13,345 | 13,999 | 27,344 | 13,465 | 14,125 | 27,590 |
| 2. Park | 8,335 | 9,551 | 17,886 | 8,410 | 9,637 | 18,047 |
| 3. Latchmere | 9,045 | 10,089 | 19,134 | 9,126 | 10,180 | 19,306 |
| 4 Shaftesbury | 7,664 | 7.940 | 15,604 | 7,733 | 8,011 | 15,744 |
| 5. Church | 9,064 | 9,443 | 18,507 | 9,145 | 9,528 | 18,673 |
| 6. Winstanley | 9,989 | 10,646 | 20,635 | 10,079 | 10,741 | 20,820 |
| 7. St. John's | 3,612 | 4,974 | 8,586 | 3,644 | 5,019 | 8,663 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 8,501 | 10,496 | 18,997 | 8,578 | 10,590 | 19,168 |
| 9. Broomwood | 9,186 | 11,814 | 21,000 | 9,269 | 11,920 | 21,189 |
| Total | 78,741 | 88,952 | 167,693 | 79,449 | 89,751 | 169,200 |
The figures supplied by the Registrar-General in his preliminary
Report on the Census are provisional, and are subject
to confirmation when the complete returns are published.
In the Administrative County of London a decrease in
population was recorded, representing a numerical loss of 38,436
*The various rates in this report are calculated on the estimated
population.