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Summary of Statistics, 1933.
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
1933) 154,000
Number of private families—Census 1921 42,988
Census 1931 44,618
Structurally separate occupied dwellings,
Census 1931 27,219
Ditto—on rate books at end of 1933 27,527
Rateable value (1933) £1,085,181
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,482
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Males, 1,131; females, 1,132 2,263
Legitimate births (1,082 males; 1,080 females) 2,162
Illegitimate „ (49 males; 52 females) 101
Still-births (33 males ; 32 females) 65
Birth-rate 14-7
Still-birtli rate (per 1,000 births live and still) 27-9
Deaths—
Males, 998; females, 926 1,924
Percentage of total Deaths occurring in Public
Institutions (Battersea deaths only)57-5
Death-rate 12-49
Number of women dying in or in consequence of
childbirth—
From sepsis 4
Other causes 1
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
Legitimate (105) 48-57
Illegitimate (7) 69-3
49-49
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Whooping-cough (all ages) 12
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 22
3. Census—
Population. Inhabited dwellings.
1911 167,743 24,321
1921 167,739 27,191
1931 159,552 27,219