Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Vital Statistics.
Population. —The population of the Borough at the middle of
1946 is estimated by the Registrar-General to have been 108, 610.
Births. —Births registered in Battersea numbered 2,939 of
these, 1,665 were of Battersea parents, but there were 881
Battersea children born outside the Borough, and the total number
of Battersea live births in 1946 was therefore 2,546 (1,317 males
1,229 females).
Live birth-rate 23.44 per 1,000, an increase of 5.82 over that
of the previous year, and the highest since 1915.
Still births numbered 59 —rate 22.65 per 1,000 births, live and
still.
Illegitimate births numbered 184, which included 2 among the
still births.
Of the 2,546 Battersea live births, 2,422 were notified to the
Medical Officer of Health under the Public Health (London) A ct
1936.
Marriages. —1,043 marriages were registered in Battersea
during 1946, a marriage-rate of 19.2.
Deaths. —2,004 deaths were registered in Battersea during
1946. Of these 848 were of Battersea residents, but there must
be added 621 deaths of residents of the Borough registered els ewhere,
giving a total of 1,469 (751 males, 718 females), and the
death rate was 13.53 per 1,000 population, a decrease of 0.32 from
the figure for the preceding year.
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 | 3 |
8. Scarlet fever | — |
4. Whooping cough | — |
5. Diphtheria | 2 |
6. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 83 |
7 Other forms of tuberculosis | 9 |
8. Syphilitic diseases | 12 |
9. Influenza | 20 |
10. Measles | 1 |
11. Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | — |
12. Acute infective encephalitis | — |
13. Cancer of bucal cavity and oesophagus (m): uterus (f) 18 | 224 |
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum 38 | |
15. Cancer of breast 25 | |
16. Cancer of all other sites 143 | |
17. Diabetes | 8 |
18. Inter-cranial vascular lesions | 111 |
19. Heart disease | 448 |
20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 63 |
21. Bronchitis | 105 |
22. Pneumonia | 75 |
23. Other respiratory diseases | 11 |
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 22 |
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 10 |
26. Appendicitis | 3 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 35 |
28. Nephritis | 27 |
29. Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis | – |
30. Other maternal causes | 4 |
31. Premature birth | 29 |
32. Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile diseases | 30 |
33. Suicide | 10 |
34. Road traffic accidents | 8 |
35. Other violent causes | 44 |
36. All other causes | 72 |