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MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1960 numbered 961.
The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000
of the population) was 17.9.
Year
Marriages
Marriage Rate
1955
971
17.1
1956
896
15.9
1957
966
17.3
1958
876
15.7
1959
876
16.2
Mean 1955/59
917
16.4
1960
961
17.9
The marriage rate for England Wales was 15.0.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1960
2,043. Of these, 1,244 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided. There
were, on the other hand, 339 deaths of Battersea residents registered
outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging
to the Borough was 1,138 (561 males and 577 females). This gives a
recorded death rate of 10.09 compared with 11.5 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the
total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1960 : —
Under
1 year
1—
5—
15—
25—
45—
65—
75+
Total
M.
22
2
4
5
36
184
149
159
561
F.
13
2
7
2
20
98
121
314
577
Totals
35
4
11
7
56
282
270
473
1,138
% of total
3.1
0.4
0.9
0.6
4.9
24.8
23.7
41.6
100.0
Of the 1,138 Battersea deaths 759 (or 66.7 per cent.) occured
in hospitals, etc.
The average age at death is shown in the following table:—
Average Age at Death.
1945
62.4
1955
67.7
1946
61.4
1956
66.9
1947
62.6
1957
67.2
1948
63.3
1958
68.3
1949
65.3
1959
67.7
Mean, 1945/1949
63.0
Mean, 1955/59
67.6
1950
65.5
1960
66.9
1951
66.7
1952
67.7
Males
63.1
1953
68.9
Females
70.6
1954
67.2
Mean, 1950/1954
67.4