London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hammersmith 1940

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1940.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1940.

Area2,282.5 acres
Population (1940) (estimated)98,320
Population Census (1901)112,239
„„ (1911)121,521
„ „ (1921)130,295
„ „ (1931)135,521
Natural decrease, i.e., excess of deaths over births156
Density of population43.0 persons per acre
Marriages registered1,363
Rateable value (1940)11,283,259
Sum represented by a penny rate, 1940£5,051

Table: Vital Statistics.

Vital Statistics.

Births (legitimate)1,466Birth rate16.3
,, (illegitimate)134Rate per 1,000 (live and still births)33
Stillbirths54
Deaths (corrected)1,756Death rate17.9
Adjusted death rate18.2
Deaths from puerperal causesNil