Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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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 |
(Males, 1,393; females, 1,259) | 2,652 |
Legitimate births (1,332 males ; 1,196 females) | 2,528 |
Illegitimate „ (61 males; 63 females) | 124 |
16. | |
(Males, 955; females, 891) | 1,846 |
54.9 | |
11.5 | |
From sepsis | |
Other causes | 6 |
Legitimate | 49.4 |
Illegitimate | 161.3 |
54.7 | |
38 | |
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) | 7 |
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 21 |
Population (1911) 167,743 (1921) | 167,739 |
Census, 1931—preliminary report | 159,542 |
Number of inhabited houses (1911), 24,321 (1921) | 27,191 |