Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Summary of Statistics, 1932.
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 1932) | 157,000 |
Number of private families—Census 1921 | 42,988 |
Census 1931 | 44,618 |
Structurally separate occupied dwellings (Census, 1921 27,191); Census 1931 | 27,219 |
Ditto—on rate books at end of 1932 | 27,319 |
Rateable value (average 1932) £1 | ,074,758 |
Sum represented by a penny rate | £4,430 |
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Birlhs—
Males, 1,202 ; females, 1,117 | 2,319 |
Legitimate births (1,151 males; 1,082 females) | 2,233 |
Illegitimate „ (51 males; 35 females) | 86 |
14.8 | |
Males, 951; females, 944 | 1,895 |
56.6 | |
12 1 |
From sepsis | 2 |
Other causes | 2 |
Legitimate | 56.9 |
Illegitimate | 81.4 |
57.8 |
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) | 11 |
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 22 |
3. Census—
Population | Inhabited houses | |
---|---|---|
1921 | 167,739 | 27,191 |
1931 | 159,552 | 27,219 |