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7
Vital Statistics.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the 1949 mid-year civilian
population of Battersea was 117,510 as compared with 116,500 in 1948.
The population of Battersea at the census taken in April, 1931, was
159,552, and the Registrar-General's estimate for 1949, therefore,
indicates a decrease of 42,042 (or 26 per cent.) since the census, but
an increase of 1,010 during 1948/9.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year civilian
population of the Borough (117,510) has been adopted for the purpose
of the statistics contained in this Report.
BIRTHS.
The number of live births registered in the Borough during 1949
was 2,280 (1,258 male, 1,022 female). Of this number 1,089 were
transferred out, the permanent residence of the parents being outside
the Borough, and 832 registered outside the Borough were transferred
in, giving on balance a total of 2,023 births (1,070 male, 953 female,
an excess of 117 males) relating to Battersea residents, and a live birth
rate of 17.22 per 1,000 of the population. This is a decrease of
2.08 on that of 1948.
Of the Battersea births (live and still) which occurred within
the Borough, 792 were "domiciliary births."
Illegitimate births numbered 132, or 6.5 per cent. of the live births.
The number of births occurring in each quarter of the year is
shown in the table on page 13.
The live birth rate for the County of London was 18.5 per 1,000
of the civilian population, and for England and Wales the rate was
16.7 per 1,000 of the total population.
Still-Births.
The registration of still-births is made compulsory by the Births
and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1949 there were 54 still-births registered in Battersea, of
which 28 were of Battersea parents. 15 still-births occurring outside
the Borough were registered as belonging to Battersea, making 43 in
all, representing a still-birth rate of 20.81 per 1,000 births (live and still)
registered. Of the 43 still-births 4 (9.3 per cent.) were registered
as illegitimate.