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Vital Statistics.
For the purpose of standardisation, the Registrar-General's area
comparability factors, which make allowance for the way in which the
and age distribution of the local population differs from that of
England and Wales as a whole, have been applied to the rates for
births and deaths. The factor for births is 0.98, and for deaths 0.93.
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year home population
of Battersea was 104,980, which shows a decrease of 2,140 on the
Previous estimated figure of 107,120 in 1960.
The population of the Borough at the Census taken in April, 1961,
was 105,758 (50,580 males and 55,178 females, a proportion of 100 males
to 109 females). This figure shows a decrease of 11,382 (or 9.7 per cent.)
on the population at the previous Census taken in April, 1951, when it
was 117,140 (54,852 males and 62,288 females).
The Registrar-General's estimate of the mid-year home population
of the Borough (104,980) has been adopted for the purpose of the
statistics contained in this Report.
BIRTHS.
The number of live births registered in the Borough during 1961
was 462 (224 males, 238 females). Of this number 9 were transferred
out, the permanent residence of the parents being outside the Borough
and 1,602 registered outside the Borough were transferred in, giving on
balance a total of 2,055 births (1,053 males, 1,002 females, an excess of
51 males) relating to Battersea residents, and a live birth rate of
19.18 per 1,000 population.
All the Battersea births (453 live and 6 still) which occurred
within the Borough were "domiciliary births."
Illegitimate live births numbered 232 or 11.3 per cent. of the
live births.
The live birth rate for England and Wales was 17.4.
Still-Births.
The Registration of still-births is made compulsory by the Births
and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1961 there were 7 still-births registered in Battersea, of
which 6 were of Battersea parents. Thirty-one still-births occurring
outside the Borough were registered as belonging to Battersea, making
37 in all, representing a still-birth rate of 19.93 per 1,000 births (live
and still) registered. Of the 37 still-births 8 (21.6 per cent.) were
registered as illegitimate.

The still-birth rate in 1961 for England and Wales was 18.7.