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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Principal Figures for 1964.
Area of Borough, excluding tidal water (acres) 2,164
Home population (1961 census) 105,870
Home population (Registrar-General's Mid-Year Estimate) 102,820
Structurally separate occupied dwellings 28,124
Births (live 2,258, still 40) 2,298
Live Birth rate 19.98
Deaths—1,152. Death rate 11.43
Maternal Deaths—1. Maternal death rate 0.44
Infant Deaths—51. Infant mortality rate 22.59