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Battersea 1930

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

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Table: Summary of Statistics 1930.

Summary of Statistics 1930.

1. General.
Area of Borough—
(Including land and inland water)acres 2,163
(Excluding water)acres 2,139.9
Population—
(Registrar-General's estimate, mid-year 1930)160,700
Number of private families (Census 1921)42,988
Structurally separate occupied dwellings (Census, 1921)27,191
Rateable value (average 1930)£988,164
Sum represented by a penny rate (including Government grant)£4,640
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
(Males, 1,393; females, 1,259)2,652
Legitimate births (1,332 males ; 1,196 females)2,528
Illegitimate „ (61 males; 63 females)124
Birth-rate16.
Deaths—
(Males, 955; females, 891)1,846
Percentage of total Deaths occurring in Public Institutions (Battersea deaths only)54.9
Death-rate11.5
Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth—
From sepsis4
Other causes6
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
Legitimate49.4
Illegitimate161.3
54.7
Deaths from Measles (all ages)38
„ Whooping-cough (all ages)7
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)21
3. Census—
Population (1911) 167,743 (1921)167,739
Census, 1931—preliminary report159,542
Number of inhabited houses (1911), 24,321 (1921)27,191