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Vital Statistics.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the 1950 mid-year home
population of Battersea was 117,700, and this figure has been adopted
for the purpose of the statistics contained in this Report.
The population of Battersea at the census taken in April, 1931,
was 159,552, and the estimate for 1950, therefore, indicates a decrease
of 41,852 (or 26 per cent.), but an increase of 190 during 1949/50.

The live birth rate was 16.13 per 1,000 of the population, a
decrease of 0.09 on the figure for 1949, and compares with a live birth
rate of 17.8 for the County of London and 15.8 for England and
Wales.
708 births (live and still) registered in the Borough and occurring
during 1950 were " domiciliary births."
Still-Births.
The registration of still-births is made compulsory by the Births
and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1950 there were 51 still-births registered in Battersea, of
which 25 were of Battersea parents. 28 still-births occurring outside
the Borough were registered as belonging to Battersea, making 53 in
all, representing a still-birth rate of 27.15 per 1,000 births (live and still)
registered. Of the 53 still-births 5 (9-4 per cent,) were registered
as illegitimate.

Notification of Births.
During 1950 the number of notifications of live births received
belonging to the Borough was 1,796. The corrected number of
Battersea births registered and occurring during the year was 1,899.
The proportion of notified to registered births was, therefore, 94.5
per cent.