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Erratum.
P.17. Marriage rate 18.0
(Not 1.80)
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The birth-rate shows a decline in four Wards of the Borough
and an increase in the remaining Wards. The birth rate in
Battersea is 3.1 per 1,000 lower than the average for the previous
decennium 1920-1929.
The birth-rate for the County of London was 15.8 per 1,000
of the population, and for England and Wales the rate was 16.3.
Illegitimate births numbered 124 or 4'68 per cent. of the total
live births.
Under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926, which
came into operation on the 1st July, 1927, the registration of stillbirths
was made compulsory. During 1930, 103 stillbirths were
registered as belonging to Battersea, the total number notified
being 99 i.e., 96.1 per cent. of the total registered.

DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1930
was 2,716. Of these 1,227 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were on the other hand, 357 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths belonging to the Borough was 1,846 (males 955, females
891). This gives a recorded death-rate of 11.5 compared with
11.6 for London, and 11.4 for England and Wales.
According to the factor supplied by the Registrar-General,
for correction of death-rate in reference to age and sex distribution,
the corrected death-rate for Battersea during 1930 was 11.1.