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The birth-rate shows a decline in six Wards of the Borough
and an increase in the three remaining Wards. The birth-rate in
Battersea is 2.9 per 1,000 lower than the average for the previous
decennium 1921-1930.
The birth-rate for the County of London was 15.0 per 1,000
of the population, and for England and Wales the rate was 15.8.
Illegitimate births numbered 96 or 3.88 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 1931, 66 stillbirths were
registered as belonging to Battersea, the total number notified.
being 61 i.e., 92-4 per cent, of the total registered.
MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1931 numbered
1,421. The marriage-rate (i.e., the number of persons married per
1,000 of the population) was 17.8
Year.
Marriages.
Marriage-Rate.
1926 1,304 15.2
1927 1,428 16.9
1928 1,354 16.5
1929 1,376 17.0
1930 1,444 18.0
Mean, 1926-30 1,381 16.7
1931 1,421 17.8
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1931
was 2,745. Of these 1,301 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were on the other hand, 487 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths belonging to the Borough was 1,931 (males 992, females
939). This gives a recorded death-rate of 12 -1 compared with
12.4 for London, and 12.3 for England and Wales.
According to the factor supplied by the Registrar-General,
tor correction of death-rate in reference to age and sex distribution,
the corrected death-rate for Battersea during 1931 was 11.7.