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The number of deaths registered in 53 weeks in the
whole parish was as follows;—
In the Eastern Division 594
In the Western Division 553
In the Workhouse Infirmary and Public
Institution 138
Found in River, &c. 22
Total - 1307*
The estimated mean population for the year 1873,
according to the mode adopted by the Registrar-General,
was 61,758, and if the gross number of deaths registered
as above be considered in relation thereto, a death-rate of
21 per thousand per annum results. If, however, the nonparishioners,
and the bodies found in the river, &c., be deducted,
as they in strict fairness should be, the mortality
will be but 17.8 per thousand living persons.
The mortality of London at large for 1873 was 22.5,
so that under the least favourable mode of calculation, by
taking into estimation the gross instead of the net mortality,
Battersea has a lower death-rate than London by 1.5
per thousand.
Again, if the mortality during 52 weeks which was
actually registered during the year and which amounted
to 1274, be considered in conjunction with the estimated
population of 61,758, a death-rate of 20.6 per thousand
per annum will result, which is identical with that of
the year 1872.
In 1873 the proportion of deaths to persons living
was 1 in 47, but if 52 weeks only are taken into account
1 in 48 as in 1872.
* It is necessary to remark that there died in the Workhouse 76 nonparishioners,
and also 4 others in the Westminster Industrial Schools, which
would leave a net mortality of 1,227 cases.