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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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TABLE I.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. * | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. * | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 19181 | 168,014 B. † | 2,407 | 2,700 | 16.1 | 3,195 | 21.3 | 857 | 471 | 267 | 99 | 2,809 | 18.7 |
| 149.951 D. † | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | 165,960 B. † | 2,765 | 3,075 | . 18.5 | 2,409 | 15.1 | 730 | 382 | 228 | 74 | 2,061 | 12.9 |
| 159,316 D. † | ||||||||||||
| 19201 | 166,093 B. † | 4,218 | 4,669 | 28.1 | 2,393 | 14.4 | 700 | 386 | 386 | 83 | 2,079 | 12.5 |
| 165,664 D. † | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | 169,200 | 3,580 | 3,742 | 22.1 | 2,445 | 14.5 | 800 | 415 | 276 | 74 | 2,060 | 12.2 |
| 1922 | 169,200 | 3,577 | 3,665 | 21.7 | 2,679 | 15.8 | 864 | 412 | 254 | 69 | 2,227 | 13.2 |
| 1923 | 170,600 | 3,415 | 3,434 | 20.1 | 2,368 | 14.0 | 874 | 345 | 170 | 49 | 1,839 | 10.8 |
| 1924 | 171,000 | 3,180 | 3,139 | 18.4 | 2,506 | 14.7 | 858 | 370 | 196 | 62 | 2,018 | 11.8 |
| 1925 | 172,100 | 3,264 | 3,184 | 18.5 | 2,397 | 13.9 | 920 | 328 | 186 | 58 | 1,805 | 10.5 |
| 1926 | 171,900 | 3,198 | 2,969 | 17.3 | 2,547 | 14.8 | 948 | 361 | 183 | 62 | 1,960 | 11.4 |
| 1927 | 169,000 | 3,099 | 2,801 | 16.6 | 2,773 | 16.4 | 1,102 | 394 | 150 | 53 | 2,065 | 12.2 |
| 1928 | 164,100 | 3,054 | 2,743 | 16.7 | 2,674 | 16.3 | 1,091 | 371 | 176 | 64 | 1,954 | 11.9 |
Area of District in acres (land and inland water), 2,163 acres. Total population at all ages, 167,739; number of occupied separate dwellings, 27,191; average number of persons per occupied separate
dwelling, 6.17 (Census Report 1921).
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. t Registrar General's estimated population for purposes of calculating:- (B), birth-rate ; (D) death-rate.