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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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| Year. | Marriages. | Marriage-Rate. |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 1,367 | 16.0 |
| 1925 | 1,382 | 16.1 |
| 1926 | 1,304 | 15.2 |
| 1927 | 1,428 | 16.9 |
| 1928 | 1,354 | 16.5 |
| Mean, 1924-28 | 1,367 | 16.1 |
| 1929 | 1,376 | 17.0 |
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1929
was 2,877 (1,458 males, 1,419 females), an excess of 39 males.
Of this number, 602 were transferred out, the permanent residence
of the parents being outside the Borough, and.344, registered outside
the Borough, were transferred here, giving on balance a total of
2,619 births relating to Battersea residents, and a corrected birth-rate
of 16.2 per 1,000 of the population.
The following table gives the distribution of the births and the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population in the Sub-districts and in the Wards for the year 1929.
| Sub-Districts. | Estimated Population, 1929. | Number of Births. | Birth-rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Battersea | 67,047 | 1,170 | 17.5 |
| North-West Battersea | 46,272 | 831 | 18.0 |
| South-West Battersea | 48,481 | 618 | 12.7 |
| Wards. | |||
| No. 1, Nine Elms | 26,342 | 486 | 18.4 |
| No. 2, Park | 17,570 | 349 | 19.9 |
| No. 3, Latchmere | 18,463 | 341 | 18.5 |
| No. 4, Shaftesbury | 14,863 | 184 | 12.4 |
| No. 5, Church | 17,840 | 308 | 17.3 |
| No. 6, Winstanley | 19,887 | 358 | 18.0 |
| No. 7, St. John | 8,266 | 106 | 12.8 |
| No. 8, Bolingbroke | 18,305 | 277 | 15.1 |
| No. 9, Broomwood | 20,264 | 210 | 10.4 |