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Battersea 1926

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926

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Table:

Ward.Estimated Population 1926.Number of Deaths.Deathrate.
No. 1, Nine Elms27,98633011.8
No. 2, Park18,66721011.2
No. 3, Latchmere19,61423512.0
No. 4, Shaftesbury15,79116410.4
No. 5, Church18,95519810.4
No. 6, Winstanley21,12825712.2
No. 7, St. John8,78210812.3
No. 8, Bolingbroke19,44821611.1
No. 9, Broomwood21,52924211.2

Table: The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1926:-

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1926:-

Under 1 year.1-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565-Total.
M10166221637120286346994
F824618931104251425966
Ttls.1831124025682245377711,960

Table: The corrected number of deaths of males and females registered in each quarter of the year is set out as follows:-

The corrected number of deaths of males and females registered in each quarter of the year is set out as follows:-

Males.Females.Total.
First quarter272299571
Second quarter243221464
Third quarter210193403
Fourth quarter269253522
9949661,960

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According to the factor supplied by the Registrar General for
correction of the rate in reference to age and sex distribution, the
corrected death-rate for Battersea during 1926 was 11.0.
The increase in the death-rate (10.5 to 11.4 as compared with
1925) has been slight and is accounted for by the increased deathrate
in the first quarter of the year from respiratory disease and
measles. The death-rate was lowest in the Shaftesbury and Church
Wards (10.4), highest in St. John's Ward (12.3). The deaths of
persons over 65 years numbered 771 or nearly 40 per cent. of the
total deaths. The average age at death was 50.3 years, as compared
with 51.2 in 1925.