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Battersea 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Vital Statistics.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year population
of Battersea (1934) was 150,870 as compared with 154,000 in
1933. The population of Battersea at the Census taken in April,
1931, was 159,552, and the Registrar-General's estimate for 1934
therefore indicates a decrease of 8,682 since the Census, and 3,130
during 1933-4.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year population
of the Borough (150,870) 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. | Acres. | Estimated Mid-Year Population, 1934. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Density per acre. | ||
| Wards. | |||||
| 1. Nine Elms | 407 | 11,932 | 12,144 | 24.076 | 59·2 |
| 2. Park | 316 | 7,532 | 8,447 | 15,979 | 50·6 |
| 3. Latchmere | 182 | 8,290 | 9,102 | 17,392 | 95·6 |
| 5. Church | 171 | 7,832 | 8,011 | 15,843 | 92·6 |
| North Battersea | 1,076 | 35,586 | 37,704 | 73,290 | 68·1 |
| 4. Shaftesbury | 140 | 6,422 | 6,919 | 13,341 | 95·3 |
| 6. Winstanley | 126 | 8,974 | 9,169 | 18,143 | 144·0 |
| 7. St. John | 117 | 3,536 | 4,557 | 8,093 | 69·2 |
| 8. Bolingbroke | 205 | 7,921 | 9,554 | 17,475 | 85·2 |
| 9. Broomwood | 499 | 8,958 | 11,570 | 20,528 | 41·1 |
| South Battersea | 1,087 | 35,811 | 41,769 | 77,580 | 71· 4 |
| Borough | 2,163 | 71,397 | 79,473 | 150,870 | 69·8 |
* Births, deaths, etc., occurring in St. James's Hospital Sub-district (situate
within Broomwood Ward) are allocated to the District in which the
patient ordinarily resides.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1934
was 2,765 (1,404 males, 1,361 females), an excess of 43 males.
Of this number, 947 were transferred out, the permanent residence
of the parents being outside the Borough, and 336, registered outside
the Borough, were transferred here, giving on balance a total of
2,154 births (1,102 male, 1,052 female) relating to Battersea residents,
and a corrected birth-rate of 14•3 per 1,000 of the population.
This is a decrease of 0.4 on that of 1933, and the birth-rate is the
lowest so far recorded in Battersea.
The table on the next page gives the distribution of the births
and the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population in the Sub-districts
and in the Wards for the year 1934, also in the registration subdistricts
during the previous decennium 1924-33:—