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Battersea 1932

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

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9
Summary of Statistics, 1932.

Table: 1. General. Area of Borough—

1. General. Area of Borough—

(Including land and inland water) acres2,163
(Excluding water) acres2,139.9
Population—
(Registrar-General's estimate, mid-year 1932)157,000
Number of private families—Census 192142,988
Census 193144,618
Structurally separate occupied dwellings (Census, 1921 27,191); Census 193127,219
Ditto—on rate books at end of 193227,319
Rateable value (average 1932) £1,074,758
Sum represented by a penny rate£4,430

Table: 2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Birlhs—

2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Birlhs—

Males, 1,202 ; females, 1,1172,319
Legitimate births (1,151 males; 1,082 females)2,233
Illegitimate „ (51 males; 35 females)86
Birth-rate14.8
Deaths—
Males, 951; females, 9441,895
Percentage of total Deaths occurring in Public Institutions (Battersea deaths only)56.6
Death-rate12 1

Table: Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth—

Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth—

From sepsis2
Other causes2

Table: Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.

Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.

Legitimate56.9
Illegitimate81.4
57.8

Table: Deaths from Measles (all ages) 23

Deaths from Measles (all ages) 23

„ Whooping-cough (all ages)11
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)22

Table: 3. Census—

3. Census—

PopulationInhabited houses
1921167,73927,191
1931159,55227,219