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BATTERSEA.
The mean population of the parish of Battersea for
the year 1880, arrived at by computing the average rate
of increase between the year 1871 and 1881, as shown
by the census, was 103,266. As the increase in population
during the ten years was 53,232, the average annual
rate of increase has been 5,323.
The births registered in the whole parish during
1880 were 4,095, giving on the mean population a birthrate
of 39 per thousand. This rate is rather lower than
at the last decennium, when the rate was nearly 42 per
thousand.
The total number of deaths registered in Battersea
during the year was 2,040. This would, in a population
of 103,266, indicate a death-rate of 19.7 per thousand
per annum. As, however, 90 of the persons whose
deaths were recorded were non-parishioners, dying in
the Union Infirmary and other public institutions, the
real number of deaths of parishioners within the parish
was 1950; the consequent death-rate being 18.8 per
thousand. It is proper to add, per contra, that no
return can be obtained of inhabitants of this parish
dying in the various public institutions in the metropolis
or elsewhere. The annual rate of mortality for all
London during 1880 was 22.2 per thousand.
A detailed statement of the various causes of
mortality will be found in the reports for the respective
sub-districts of East and West Battersea.