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MARRIAGES.
The marriages registered in Battersea during 1961 numbered 935.
The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000
of the population) was 17.8.
Year
Marriages
Marriage Rate
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Mean 1956/60
1961
896
966
876
876
961
915
935
15.9
17.3
15.7
16.2
17.9
16.6
17.8
The marriage rate for England and Wales was 15.1.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1961 Was
2,168. Of these, 1,321 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided. There
were, on the other hand, 380 deaths of Battersea residents registered
outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging
to the Borough was 1,227 (614 males and 613 females). This gives a
recorded death rate of 10.87 compared with 12.0 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the
total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1961 : —
Under
1 year
1—
5—
15—
25—
45—
65—
75+
Total
M 19 8 4 6 36 193 163 185 614
F 25 1 2 2 20 101 127 335 613
Totals 44 9 6 8 56 294 290 520 1,227
% of total 3.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 4.6 24.0 23.6 42.4 100.0
Of the 1,227 Battersea deaths 833 (or 67.9 per cent.) occurred
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
1951 66.7 1960 669
1952 67.7 1961 67.4
1953 68.9
1954 67.2 Males 63.7
Mean, 1950/1954 67.4 Females 71.0