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Summary of Statistics, 1934.
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
1934) 150,870
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 1934 27,586
Rateable value (1934) £1,119,562
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,555
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Males, 1,102; females, 1,052 2,154
Legitimate births (1,055 males ; 1,010 females) 2,065
Illegitimate „ (47 males; 42 females) 89
Still-births (40 males; 25 females) 65
Birth-rate 14.3
Still-birth rate (per 1,000 births live and still) 29.3
Deaths—
Males, 959; females, 923 1,882
Percentage of total Deaths occurring in Public
Institutions (Battersea deaths only) 58.0
Death-rate 12.47
Number of women dying in or in consequence of
childbirth—
From sepsis 3
Other causes 4
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
Legitimate (120) 58.11
Illegitimate (12) 134.83
61.28
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 32
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) 7
„ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 27
3. Census—
Population. Inhabited dwellings.
1911 167,743 24,321
1921 167,739 27,191
1931 159,552 27,219