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Battersea 1930

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

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Table: 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 1930.

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 1930.

Sub-Districts.Estimated Population, 1930.Number of Births.Birth-rate.
East Battersea65,7801,11517.0
North-West Battersea45,83383818.3
South-West Battersea49,08769914.2
Wards.
No. 1, Nine Elms26,54144317.3
No. 2, Park17,09633219.4
No. 3, Latchmere17,96633318.5
No. 4, Shaftesbury15,06019412.9
No. 5, Church17,36728816-6
No. 6, Winstanley20,151385191
No. 7, St. John8,36614116.9
No. 8, Bolingbroke18,53626414.2
No. 9, Broomwood20,51727213.3

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The next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and in
the registration sub-districts in 1930, and during the previous
decennium 1920-1929:—

Table: Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.

Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.

Year.The Borough.East Battersea.North West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
192028.129.832.021.8
192122.123.826.615.5
192221.72.024.816.8
192320.123.022.014.4
192418.419.921.912.8
192518.520.620.613.6
192617.318.920.611.9
192716.617.918.912.5
192816.717.919.012.8
192916.217.518.012.7
Average 1920-192919.621.222.414.5
193016.517.018.314.2