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Summary of Statistics 1931.
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
1931) 159,800
Number of private families—Census 1921 42,988
Census 1931 44,618
Structurally separate occupied dwellings
(Census, 1921) 27,191; Census 1931 27,219
Rateable value (average 1931) £1,040,736
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,410
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Males, 1,233 ; females, 1,244 2,477
Legitimate births (1,180 males; 1,201 females) 2,381
Illegitimate „ (53 males ; 43 fema'es) 96
Birth-rate 15.5
Deaths—
Males, 992; females, 939 1,931
Percentage of total Deaths occurring in Public
Institutions (Battersea deaths only) 53.7
Death-rate 12.1
Number of women dying in or in consequence of
childbirth—
From sepsis 5
Other causes 10
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
Legitimate 56.3
Illegitimate 83.3
57.3
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) 5
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 9
3. Census—
Population Inhabited houses
1921 167,739 27,191
1931 159,552 27,219