Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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MARRIAGES. The marriages registered in Battersea during 1962 numbered 942. .The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 18.1.
Year | Marriages | Marriage Rate |
---|---|---|
1957 | 966 | 17.3 |
1958 | 876 | 15.7 |
1959 | 876 | 16.2 |
1960 | 961 | 17.9 |
1961 | 935 | 17.8 |
923 | 16.9 | |
1962 | 942 | 18.1 |
The marriage rate for England and Wales was 14.9.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1962 was
2,379. Of these, 1,395 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred
to districts in which the persons ordinarily resided. There
were,on the other hand, 361 deaths of Battersea residents registered
outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging
to the Borough was 1,345 (670 males and 675 females). This gives a
recorded death rate of 11.90. The rate for England and Wales was also
11.9.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1962 : —
Under 1 year | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | 34 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 196 | 166 | 230 | 670 |
F. | 11 | 1 | — | 5 | 18 | 112 | 138 | 390 | 675 |
Totals | 45 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 308 | 304 | 620 | 1,345 |
% of total | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 46.1 | 100.0 |
Of the 1,345 Battersea deaths 880 (or 65.4 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 | 67.6 | |
1950 65.5 | 1960 | 66.9 |
1951 66. 7 | ||
1952 67.7 | 1961 | 67.4 |
1962 | 68.5 | |
1954 67 .2 | Males | 64.3 |
Females | 72.7 |