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deaths are to be deducted; but, on the other hand, there are
382 deaths of Battersea residents registered outside the
Borough. These must be added, giving a corrected number
of deaths for Battersea during 1919 of 2,061, and a nett
corrected death-rate of 129 per 1,000 population as compared
with 13.6 for London.
Subdividing the death-rate amongst the three registration
sub-districts, it will be noted that the rates have been
fairly uniform in each of the sub-districts. It is noteworthy,
however, that South-West Battersea shows a higher deathrate
than either of the other two sub-districts. This SouthWest
sub-district, heretofore, was inhabited, in the main, by
a more prosperous class of resident; but it is apparent that
a change is taking place in the character of the sub-district,
and to this cause, to some extent at least, the increased
mortality rate recorded in South-West Battersea during the
year 1919 may be attributable.
The following table shows the death-rates per 1,000 of
the population for the Borough and the sub-districts for the
ten years, 1909-1918 and the year 1919, respectively:—
Death-rate per 1,000 Population.
Year.
The
Borough.
East
Battersea.
North-West
Battersea.
South-West
Battersea.
1909
13.0
14.0
16.5
8.7
1910
11.3
11.9
13.9
8.3
1911
14.3
14.9
16.8
10.9
1912
12.2
12.8
13.5
10.1
1913
14.1
15.0
16.3
10.8
1914
13.2
14.0
14.4
10.9
1915
16.4
16.2
18.8
14.2
1916
13.9
14.5
14.7
12.4
1917
15.2
15.4
16.3
14.0
1918
18.7
19 2
20.2
16.6
Average
1909-1918
14.2
14.8
16.1
11.7
1919
12.9
12.4
12.7
13.7