[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough].

  • Battersea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7 Notification of Births. During 1951 the number of notifications of live births received belonging to the Borough was 1,784. The corrected number of Battersea births registered during the year was 1,886. The propor tion of notified to registered births was, therefore, 94.6 per cent. Thirty-seven still-births were notified under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, during the year, the number notified being 100.0 per cent, of the total Battersea still-births registered. The homes from which births are notified are visited and revisited by Health Visitors. MARRIAGES. The marriages registered in Battersea during 1951 numbered 929. The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 15.9. Year. Marriage Rate Marriages. 1,043 1946 19.2 1947 1,085 18.9 17.0 988 1948 17.2 1949 1,031 949 1950 16.1 Mean 1946-50 17.7 1,016 15.9 1951 929 DEATHS. The number of deaths registered in the Borough during 1951 was 1,995. Of these, 1,054 were deaths of non-residents and were transferred to the districts in which the persons ordinarily resided. There were, on the other hand, 515 deaths of Battersea residents registered outside the Borough. The total (corrected) number of deaths belonging to the Borough was 1,456 (males 719, females 737). This gives a recorded death rate of 12.44 compared with 13.1 for London, and 12.5 for England and Wales.