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Battersea 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.

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registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths belonging to the Borough was 2,294 (males 1,154, females
1,140). This gives a recorded death-rate of 14.2 compared with
14.1 for London, and 13.4 for England and Wales.
According to the factor supplied by the Registrar-General,
ror correction of death-rate in reference to age and sex distribution,
the corrected death-rate for Battersea during 1929 was 13.7.

Table: The distribution of the deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the Sub-Districts and the nine Wards is shown in the following Table.

The distribution of the deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the Sub-Districts and the nine Wards is shown in the following Table.

Sub-Districts.Estimated Population 1929.Number of Deaths.Death-rate.
East Battersea67,04792713.8
North-West Battersea46,27265714.2
South-West Battersea48,48171014.6
Wards.
No. 1, Nine Elms26,34236313.8
No. 2, Park17,57027415.6
No. 3, Latchmere18,46327214.7
No. 4, Shaftesbury14,86319112.9
No. 5, Church17,84024513.7
No. 6, Winstanley19,88726313.2
No. 7, St. John8,26610212.3
No. 8, Bolingbroke18,30528415.5
No. 9, Broomwood20,26430014.8

Table: The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1929 :—

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1929 :—

Under 1 year.1-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565 +Total.
M97641315481333594251,154
F6757171068982545691,140
Ttls.16412130251162316139942,294