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MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1956 numbered 896.
The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000
of the population) was 15.9.
Year.
Marriages.
Marriage Rate.
1951
929
15.9
1952
884
15.2
1953
876
15.3
1954
912
16.0
1955
971
17.1
Mean 1951/55
914
15.9
1956
896
15.9
The marriage rate for England and Wales was 15.8.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1956 was
2,022. Of these, 1,170 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to the districts in which the person ordinarily resided. There
were, on the other hand, 471 deaths of Battersea residents registered
outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging
to the Borough was 1,223 (659 males and 564 females). This gives a
recorded death rate of 10.83 compared with 11.7 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the
total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1956: —
Under
1 year
1—
5—
15—
25—
45—
65—
75+
Total
M.
30
2
6
11
33
184
190
203
659
F.
12
—
6
2
19
87
152
286
564
Totals
42
2
12
13
52
271
342
489
1,223
% of total
3.4
0.2
1.0
1.1
4.2
22.1
28.0
40.0
100.0
Of the 1,223 Battersea deaths (683 or 55.8 per cent.) occurred
in hospitals, etc.
The average age at death is shown in the following table:—
Average Age at Death.
1945
62.4
1950
65.5
1946
61.4
1951
66.7
1947
62.6
1952
67.7
1948
63.3
1953
68.9*
1949
65.3
1954
67.2
Mean, 1945/1949
63.0
Mean, 1950/1954
67.4
1955
67.7
1956
66.9
*During 1953 all deaths, with the exception of those from tuberculosis,
that occurred in St. John's Hospital, a hospital for the aged
sick, were assignable to Battersea, irrespective of the home address of
the patient prior to admission.