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Battersea 1922

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

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13
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1922
was 2,679. Of these 864 were deaths of non-residents and were
transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided.
There were, on the other hand, 412 deaths of Battersea residents
registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of
deaths of persons belonging to the Borough was 2,227 (males 1,131,
females 1,096). This gives a recorded death-rate of 13.2 as compared
with 13.4 for London and 12.9 for England and Wales.
The following table shows the death-rates per 1,000 of the
population for the Borough and the registration sub-districts for
the ten years 1912-1921 and the year 1922 respectively :—

Table: Death-rate per 1,000 Population.

Death-rate per 1,000 Population.

Year.The Borough.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
191212.212.813.510.1
191314.115.016.310.8
191413.214.014.410.9
191516.416.218.814.2
191613.914.514.712.4
191715.215.416.314.0
191818.719.220.216.6
191912.912.412.713.7
192012.512.812.412.3
192112.212.312.711.5
Average 1912-2114.114.515.212.6
192213.213.113.812.6

Table: The death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the nine Wards is shown in the next table:—

The death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants for each of the nine Wards is shown in the next table:—

Ward.Estimated Population 1922.Number of Deaths.Death-rate.
No. 1, Nine Elms27,54737013.4
No. 2, Park18,37425413.8
No. 3, Latchmere19,30528614.8
No. 4, Shaftesbury15,54216410.6
No. 5, Church18,65824012.9
No. 6, Winstanley20,79529914.4
No. 7, St. John8,64410512.1
No. 8, Bolingbroke19,14423712.4
No. 9, Broomwood21,19127212.6