London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) | 2,163 |
| Civilian population (Registrar-General's mid-year estimate) | 117,510 |
| Structurally separate occupied dwellings | 27,223 |
| Rateable value—£970,834. Sum produced by 1d. rate | £3,995 |
| Births (live, 2,023; still, 43) | 2,066 |
| Live birth rate | 17.22 |
| Deaths—1,426. Death rate | 12.14 |
| Maternal deaths—2. Maternal death rate | 0.97 |
| Infant deaths—51. Infant mortality rate | 25.21 |