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BATTERSEA.
The revised census returns show that at the
beginning of April, 1881, the number of persons
resident in the Parish of Battersea was 107,262. The
actual increase in population during the preceding
ten years was 53,252, and the mean annual rate of
increase 5,325.
To arrive at the mean population of the parish
during the year 1881, it will be necessary to add onefourth
of the annual increase above mentioned, less three
days, so as to bring up the estimate to the middle day of
the year. This gives 108,518 as the number upon
which the birth and death rates should be calculated.
The number of births registered during 1881 was
4,452, and the birth-rate for the year 40.99 per thousand.
The total number of deaths in the whole parish,
deducting 128 cases dying in the Infirmary and belonging
to other parishes was 2,033, and the death-rate for
the year 1881,18.72 per thousand. The mortality of all
London for the like period was 21.2 per thousand. If
the deaths of non-parishioners in public institutions are
included, as they should not be, the death-rate would be
raised to 19.9 per thousand.