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Battersea 1924
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1924
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Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1924
was 2,506. Of these 858 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were, on the other hand, 370 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths of persons belonging to the Borough was 2,018 (males 989,
females 1,029). This gives a recorded death-rate of 11.8 as compared
with 12.1 for London and 12.2 for England and Wales.
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 1914-1923 and the year 1924 respectively :— Death-rate per 1,000 Population.
| Year. | The Borough. | East Battersea. | North-West Battersea. | South-West Battersea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 10.9 |
| 1915 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 18.8 | 14.2 |
| 1916 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 12.4 |
| 1917 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 14.0 |
| 1918 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 20.2 | 16.6 |
| 1919 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.7 |
| 1920 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.3 |
| 1921 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 11.5 |
| 1922 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 12.6 |
| 1923 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| Average 1914-23. | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 12.9 |
| 1924 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 11.0 |
The death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the nine Wards is shown in the next table:—
| Ward. | Estimated Population 1924. | Number of Deaths. | Death-rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1, Nine Elms | 27,840 | 333 | 12.0 |
| No. 2, Park | 18,569 | 238 | 12.8 |
| No. 3, Latchmere | 19,511 | 227 | 11.6 |
| No. 4, Shaftesbury | 15,708 | 173 | 11.0 |
| No. 5, Church | 18,856 | 228 | 12.1 |
| No. 6, Winstanley | 21,017 | 278 | 13.2 |
| No. 7, St. John | 8,736 | 102 | 11.7 |
| No. 8, Bolingbroke | 19,347 | 218 | 11.3 |
| No. 9, Broomwood | 21,416 | 221 | 10.3 |