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Vital Statistics.
Population.-The population of the Brough at the middle of
1944 is estimated by the Registrar-General to have been 85,380.
Births. Births registered in Battersea numbered 1826. Of
these, only 828 were of Battersea parents, but there were 798
Battersea children born outside the Brough, and the total number
of Battersea live births in 1944 was therefore 1,626 (844 males,
782 females).
Live birth-rate 19.04 per 1,000, an increase of 0.75 over that
of the previous year.
Still births numbered 40—rate 24.01 per 1,000 births, live and
still.
Illegitimate births numbered 152, which included 5 among the
still births.
Of the 1,626 Battersea live births, 1,435 were notified to the
Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (London) Act,
1936.
Marriages.—730 marriages were registered in Battersea during
1944, a marriage-rate of 17.1.
Deaths. —2,422 deaths were registered in Battersea during
1944. Of these only 964 were of Battersea residents, but there must
be added 546 deaths of residents of the Borough registered elsewhere,
giving a total of 1,510 (799 males, 711 females), and the
death rate was 17.69 per 1,000 population, an increase of 1.9 over
the figure for the preceding year. This increase, however, is
mainly due to deaths arising through enemy action.
The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short
list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows: —
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid
fevers —
2. Cerebro-spinal fever 1
3. Scarlet fever —
4. Whooping cough 5
5. Diphtheria 2
6. Tuberculosis of the respira-
tory system 78
7. Other forms of tuberculosis
8
8. Syphilitic diseases 10
9. Influenza 3
10. Measles —
11. Acute polio-myelitis and
polio-encephalitis —
12. Acute infective encephalitis —
18. Cancer of bucal cavity
and œsophagus (m):
uterus (f) 25
216
14. Cancer of stomach
and duodenum 42
15. Cancer of breast 28
16. Cancer of all other sites 121
17. Diabetes 9
18. Inter-cranial vascular lesions 91
19. Heart disease 394
20. Other diseases of circulatory
system 53
21. Bronchitis 116
22. Pneumonia 81
23. Other respiratory diseases 10
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum
22
25. Diarrhœa (under 2 years) 19
26. Appendicitis 3
27. Other digestive diseases 28
28. Nephritis 24
29. Puerperal and post-abortion
sepsis 2
30. Other maternal causes —
31. Premature birth 12
32. Congenital malformations,
birth injuries, infantile
diseases 25
33. Suicide 5
34. Road traffic accidents 10
35. Other violent causes 194
36. All other causes 89
Infant Mortality. —There were 81 deaths of infants under twelve
months of age, giving an infant mortality rate of 49.82 per 1,000
births. This may be compared with the rate for the previous year
of 53.9. The deaths of illegitimate infants numbered 11, giving an
illegitimate infant death rate of 74.83.