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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Principal Figures for 1960.
Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) 2,163
Home population (1951 Census) 117,140
Home population (Registrar-General's Mid-Year Estimate) 107,120
Structurally separate occupied dwellings 29,334
Births (live 1,933, still, 35) 1,968
Live Birth rate 17.50
Deaths—1,138. Death rate l0.09
Maternal Deaths—Nil. Maternal death rate -
Infant Deaths—35. Infant mortality rate 18.11