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Battersea 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Vital Statistics.
The population of the Borough of Battersea at the Census
taken in April, 1911, was 167,743.
The estimates of the population, according to the
Registrar-General, of the Borough for the year 1919 are:—
For the Birth-rate 165,960
For the Death-rate 159,316
The estimated population, based upon the RegistrarGeneral's
figures for registration sub-districts and for the
nine Wards, is set out in the following table:—
Registration Sub-District.
For the purpose of
the birth-rate.
For the purpose of
the death-rate.
East Battersea
69,018
66,256
North-West Battersea
48,599
46,653
South-West Battersea
48,343
46,407
The Borough
165,960
159,316
Ward
No.
Ward.
For the purpose of
the birth-rate.
For the purpose of
the death-rate.
1
Nine Elms
27,085
26,001
2
Park
17,405
16,708
3
Latchmere
19,880
19,084
4
Shaftesbury
15,861
15,226
5
Church
19,171
18,404
6
Winstanley
20,032
19,230
7
St. John
8,129
7,803
8
Bolingbroke
18,298
17,566
9
Broom wood
20,099
19,294
The "birth-rate and marriage-rate population" includes
all the elements of the population contributing to the birth and
marriage rates.
The "death-rate population," on the other hand, excludes
all non-civilian males, whether serving at home or abroad.