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According to the census of 1921, there are 46,000 females
over 12 "unoccupied" or "retired" in Battersea, mostly engaged
in domestic duties at home.
The occupations involving risk to health are practically
negligible.
Battersea is fortunate in the possession of fine open spaces,
Battersea Park in the north, and Clapham and Wandsworth
Commons in the south and south-west contributing greatly to the
healthiness and natural amenities of the district.
The Borough is low-lying in the north, where in parts it lies
below high-water mark of the river, and in the past this area has
been much liable to flooding in times of heavy storm. On the
south and south-west the ground rises to a considerable height
towards Clapham and Wandsworth Commons to the Balham
plateau. The soil is chiefly clay with outcrops of gravel and isolated
banks of sand or sandy loam. Along the river front there is a belt
of alluvium laid down by the river where it overflowed its banks,
and what is now the site of Battersea Park was mainly marsh land.
Population.
The population of the Borough as estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
for the year 1925 is 172,100.