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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Principal Figues for 1956.
Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) 2,163
Home population (1951 Census) 117,140
Home population (Registrar-General's Mid-Year Estimate) 112,900
Structurally separate occupied dwellings 29,770
Births (live, 1,769; still, 48) 1,817
Live Birth rate 15.67
Deaths—1,223. Death rate 10.83
Maternal Deaths—3. Maternal death rate 1.65
Infant Deaths—42. Infant mortality rate 23.74