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The birth-rate shows a decline in five Wards of the Borough
and an increase in the four remaining Wards. The birth-rate in
Battersea is 2.2 per 1,000 lower than the average for the previous
decennium 1924-1933.
The birth-rate for the County of London was 13.4 per 1,000
of the population, and for England and Wales the rate was 14.8.
Illegitimate births numbered 89 or 4.13 per cent. of the total
live births.
Under the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926, the
registration of still-births was made compulsory. During 1934,
65 stillbirths were registered as belonging to Battersea.
MARRIAGES.

DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1934
was 2,789. Of these, 1,414 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were on the other hand, 507 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths belonging to the Borough was 1,882 (males 959, females
923). This gives a recorded death-rate of 12.47 compared with
12.2 for London, and 11.8 for England and Wales.
The Registrar-General has supplied a factor for the purpose of
rendering the death-rate of the Borough comparable with that of
a district the population of which is of standard age and sex distribution.
For the year 1934 this factor is 0.99, and the adjusted
death-rate for the purpose of such comparison is therefore 12.3.
The distribution of the deaths and the death-rate per 1,000
inhabitants for each of the Sub-Districts and the nine Wards is
shown in the table on page 9.