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Battersea 1922

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

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Table: The following table shows the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population for each of the nine Wards of the Borough for the year 1922:—

The following table shows the birth-rate per 1,000 of the population for each of the nine Wards of the Borough for the year 1922:—

Ward.Estimated Population, 1922.Number of Births.Birthrate.
No. 1, Nine Elms27,54767324.4
No. 2, Park18,37449226.8
No. 3, Latchmere19,30545123.4
No. 4, Shaftesbury15,54227918.0
No. 5, Church18,65838920.8
No. 6, Winstanley20,79556127.0
No. 7, St. John8,64416318.9
No. 8, Bolingbroke19,14436118.9
No. 9, Broomwood21,19129614.0

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The next table shows the birth-rates in the Borough and in
the registration sub-districts in 1922, and during the previous
decennium 1912-1921:—

Table: Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.

Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.

Year.The Borough.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
191225.428.428.917.6
191325.327.029.618.5
191425.727.930.917.2
191523.626.226.816.7
191621.823.025.016.8
191717.719.019.813.8
191816.117.717.812.0
191918.519.320.815.1
192028.129.832.021.8
192122.123.826.615.5
Average 1912-192122.424.225.816.5
192221.723.024.816.8

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Illegitimate Births.
Of the total births registered in the Borough as belonging
to Battersea 128 were of illegitimate children (i.e., 3.49 per cent),
as compared with 131 or 3.50 per cent. in 1920.