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Battersea 1938

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

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Table: Summary of Statistics, 1938.

Summary of Statistics, 1938.

1. General.
Area of Borough—
(Including land and inland water) acres2,163
(Excluding water) acres2,139.9
Population—(Registrar-General's estimate, midyear 1938)141,700
Structurally separate occupied dwellings on rate books at end of 193828,042
Rateable value (1938)£1,167,395
Sum represented by a penny rate£4,750
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Males.Females.Total.
Legitimate1,0121,0142,026
Illegitimate444488
Live births1,0561,0582,114
Still births342256
Live birth-rate (per 1,000 population)14.92
Still-birth-rate (per 1,000 births live and still)25.8
Deaths—Males, 845; females, 8301,675
Death-rate (per 1,000 population)11.82
Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth—
From sepsis5
Other puerperal causes1
Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 births live and still)2.76
Deaths of infants under 1 year—
Legitimate, 104; illegitimate, 9113
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)—
Legitimate, 51.33; illegitimate, 102.27. All deaths under 1 year53.45
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)274
„ Measles (all ages)11
„ Whooping-cough (all ages)3
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)31
3. Census—Population.Private families.Inhabited dwellings.
1911167,74339,43924,321
1921167,73942,98827,191
1931159,55244,61827,219