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Battersea 1933

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

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11
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1933
was 2,682 (1,328 males, 1,354 females), an excess of 26 females.
Of this number, 799 were transferred out, the permanent residence
of the parents being outside the Borough, and 380, registered outside
the Borough, were transferred here, giving on balance a total of
2,263 births (1,131 male, 1,132 female) relating to Battersea residents,
and a corrected birth-rate of 14.7 per 1,000 of the population.
This is a slight decrease on that of 1932, and the birth-rate is the
lowest so far recorded in Battersea.

Table: The following table gives the distribution of the births and the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population in the Sub-districts and in the Wards lor the year 1933.

The following table gives the distribution of the births and the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population in the Sub-districts and in the Wards lor the year 1933.

Area.Estimated Population, 1933.Number of Births.Birth-rate.
Sub-Districts.
North Battersea74,8101,13015.1
South Battersea79,1901,13314.3
Wards.
No. 1. Nine Elms24,57537115.1
No. 2. Park16,31024915.3
No. 3. Latchmere17,75326514.9
No. 4. Shaftesbury13,61819414.2
No. 5. Church16,17224515.1
No. 6. Winstanley18,51929515.9
No. 7. St. John8,26111914.4
No. 8. Bolingbroke17,83827815.6
No. 9. Broomwood20,95424711.8

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The next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and in
the registration sub-districts in 1933, and during the previous
decennium 1923-1932:—