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

  • Hammersmith (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1943?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HAM 34 1 STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1942. Area 2,282.5 acres Population (1942) (estimated) 89,370 Population Census (1901) 112,239 ,, ,, (1911) 121,521 ,, ,, (1921) 130,295 ,, ,, (1981) 135,521 Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths 337 Density of population 39.1 persons per acre Marriages registered 1,120 Rateable value (April. 1942) £1,220,500 Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1942) £4,443 Vital Statistics. Births (legitimate) 1,484 Birth rate 17.8 ,, (illegitimate) 155 Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) 30 Stillbirths 49 Deaths (corrected) 1,252 Death rate 14 Deaths from puerperal causes:- Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Puerperal sepsis 1 0.61 Other puerperal causes 3 1.88 Total 4 2.44