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Battersea 1924

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924

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Table: 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 1924:—

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 1924:—

Ward.Estimated Population, 1924.Number of Births.Birthrate.
No. 1, Nine Elms27,84060621.8
No. 2, Park18,56938220.6
No. 3, Latchmere19,51138119.5
No. 4, Shaftesbury15,70826416.8
No. 5, Church18,85639020.7
No. 6, Winstanley21,01748423.0
No. 7, St. John8,73613315.2
No. 8, Bolingbroke19,34728014.5
No. 9, Broomwood21,41621910.2

Table: The next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and in the registration sub-districts in 1924, and during the previous decennium 1914-1923:— Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.

The next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and in the registration sub-districts in 1924, and during the previous decennium 1914-1923:— Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.

Year.The Borough.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
191425727.930.917.2
191523.626.226.816.7
191621.823.025.016.8
191717.719.019.813.8
191816.117.717.812.0
191918.519.320.815.1
192028.129.832.021.8
192122.123.826.615.5
192221.723.024.816.8
192320.123.022.014.4
Average 1914-192321.523.324.616.0
192418.419.921 .912.8

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Illegitimate Births.
Of the total births registered as belonging to the Borough
of Battersea 108 were of illegitimate children or 3.44 per cent.,
as compared with 115 or 3.35 per cent. in 1923, 128 or 3.49 per
cent. in 1922 and 131 or 3.50 per cent. in 1921.