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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1919 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total deaths registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate.* | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1914 | 167,338 | 4,080 | 4,303 | 25.7 | 2,470 | 14.4 | 685 | 432 | 397 | 92 | 2,217 | 13.2 |
| 1915 | 161,945 | 3,604 | 3,820 | 23.6 | 2,992 | 18.5 | 798 | 459 | 428 | 112 | 2,653 | 16.4 |
| 1916 | 173,432 B. † | 3,523 | 3,774 | 21.8 | 2,502 | 15.7 | 705 | 424 | 318 | 84 | 2,221 | 13.9 |
| 159,402 D.† | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | 167,233 B.† | 2,709 | 2,960 | 17.7 | 2,567 | 17.1 | 727 | 445 | 299 | 101 | 2,285 | 15.2 |
| 150,023 D.† | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | 168,014 B. † | 2,407 | 2,700 | 16.1 | 3,195 | 21.3 | 857 | 471 | 267 | 99 | 2,809 | 18.7 |
| 149,951 D. † | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | 165,960 B.† | 2,765 | 3,075 | 18.53 | 2,409 | 15.1 | 730 | 382 | 228 | 74 | 2,061 | 12.9 |
| 159,316 D. † | ||||||||||||
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 2,916; Illegitimate, 159.
Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 204; Illegitimate Infants, 24.