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Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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10
Vital Statistics.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year population
of Battersea (1933) was 154,000 as compared with 157,000 in
1932. The population of Battersea at the Census taken in April,
1931, was 159,552, and the Registrar-General's estimate for 1933
therefore indicates a decrease of 5,552 since the Census and 3,000
during 1932-3.
While there would appear to be evidence of a tendency
towards a decline in the population of Battersea in recent years,
this is probably in the main, due to migration to the outer ring,
local sources of information indicating that the decrease is not so
great as is estimated by the Registrar-General.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year population
of the Borough (154,000) has been adopted for the purpose of the
statistics contained in this report.
The estimated mid-year population based upon the Registrar-General's figures, for the registration Sub-districts* and for the nine Wards into which the Borough is divided, is set out in the following Table:-
| Area. | Estimated Mid-Year Population, 1933. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| Sub-Districts. | |||
| North Battersea | 36,324 | 38,486 | 74,810 |
| South Battersea | 36,554 | 42,636 | 79,190 |
| Total | 72,878 | 81,122 | 154,000 |
| Wards. | |||
| No. 1. Nine Elms | 12,180 | 12,395 | 24,575 |
| No. 2. Park | 7,688 | 8,622 | 16,310 |
| No. 3. Latchmere | 8,462 | 9,291 | 17,753 |
| No. 4. Shaftesbury | 6,555 | 7,063 | 13,618 |
| No. 5. Church | 7,994 | 8,178 | 16,172 |
| No. 6. Winstanley | 9,160 | 9,359 | 18,519 |
| No. 7. St. John | 3,609 | 4,652 | 8,261 |
| No. 8. Bolingbroke | 8,085 | 9,753 | 17,838 |
| No. 9. Broomwood | 9,145 | 11,809 | 20,954 |
| Total | 72,878 | 81,122 | 154,000 |
* Births, deaths, etc., occurring in St. James's Hospital sub-district are
allocated to the District in which the patient ordinarily resides.