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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Principal Figures for 1957.
Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) 2,163
Home population (1951 Census) 117,140
Home population (Registrar-General's Mid-Year Estimate) 111,800
Structurally separate occupied dwellings 29,818
Births (live, 1,836; still, 51) 1,887
Live Birth rate 16.42
Deaths—1,217. Death rate 10.89
Maternal Deaths—3. Maternal death rate 1.59
Infant Deaths—41. Infant mortality rate 22.33