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Battersea 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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Table: Summary of Statistics, 1927.

Summary of Statistics, 1927.

1. General. Area of Borough— (Including land and inland water) acres2,163
(Excluding water) acres2,139.9
Population— (Census, 1921)167,739
(Registrar-General's estimate, mid-year 1927)169,000
Structurally separate occupied dwellings (Census, 1921)27,191
Rateable value£1,131,429
Sum represented by a penny rate£4,679
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Births— (Males, 1,382; females, 1,419)2,801
Legitimate births (1,338 males, 1,374 females)2,712
Illegitimate „ (44 males, 45 females)89
Birth-rate16.6
Deaths— (Males, 1,012, females, 1,053)2,065
Death-rate12.2
Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth— From sepsis1
Other causes5
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 births.
Legitimate52.4
Illegitimate89.9
53.5
Deaths from Measles (all ages)1
„ Whooping-cough (all ages)15
„ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age)7
Census, 1911— Population167,743
Number of inhabited houses24,321