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Battersea 1935

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

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7
Summary of Statistics, 1935.

Table: 1. General.

1. General.

Area of Borough—
(Including land and inland water) acres2,163
(Excluding water) acres2,139.9
Population—(Registrar-General's estimate, midyear 1935)148,200
Structurally separate occupied dwellings, Census 193127,219
Ditto—on rate books at end of 193527,644
Rateable value (1935)£1,122,401
Sum represented by a penny rate£4,573

Table: 2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

Births—
Males.Females.Total.
Legitimate1,0121,0052,017
Illegitimate365187
Live births1,0481,0562,104
Still births333669
Live birth-rate14.2
Still-birth-rate (per 1,000 births live and still)31.8
Deaths—Males, 917 ; females, 8671,784
Death-rate (per 1,000 population)12.04
Percentage of total Deaths occurring in Public Institutions (Battersea deaths only)58.8
Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth—
From sepsisNil
Other puerperal causes4
Deaths of infants under 1 year—
Legitimate, 123; illegitimate, 14137
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)—
Legitimate, 60.98; illegitimate, 160.92. All deaths under 1 year65.11
Deaths from Measles (all ages)Nil
„ Whooping-cough (all ages)9
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)19

Table: 3. Census—Population.Private families.Inhabited dwellings.

3. Census—Population.Private families.Inhabited dwellings.

1911167,74339,43924,321
1921167,73942,98827,191
1931 .159,55244,61827,219