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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]

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Table: Death rate calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.

Death rate calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.

Ward.Estimated Population.No. of Deaths.Death Rate.
No. 1 River12,38121417.3
No. 2 Brook Green19,56035418.1
No. 3 The Grove16,97129417.3
No. 4 St. Stephens5,96811519.3
No. 5 Starch Green16,993, 29117.1
No. 6 Wormholt17,30235820.7
No. 7 College Park and Latimer9,14513014.2

Table: METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

City and Boroughs.Estimated Population.Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population.Death Rateper 1,000 Population.Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births.
Crude.Adjusted
West Districts. Kensington123,86013.518.317.458.0
Paddington97,86015.9018.0417.8559.0
Fulham106,63015.7018.7018.1045.0
Hammersmith98,32016.317.918.251.0
City of Westminster85,9209.717.417.544.6
Chelsea38,70011.022.017.840.0
North Districts. St. Marylebone62,2408.5211.0410.1667.07
St. Pancras133,60011.6416.30-56.0
Islington224,11017.1818.4818.1147.0
Hackney168,29015.216.517.840.2
Hampstead71,52011.116.215.449.0
Stoke Newington40,51015.318.518.328.1
Central Districts. Holborn23,4709.2921.6021.3867.63
Finsbury40,09014.323.123.468.0
City of LondonNot available
East Districts. Stepney136,03015.720.022.043.1
Bethnal Green66,62015.120.121.749.5
Poplar97,41017.419.720.541.0
Shoreditch57,90016.0423.0923.5569.0
South Districts. Battersea108,38016.5718.3817.4641.24
Lambeth210,65015.52-19.7247.0
Greenwich74,28015.7617.1817.5256.0
DeptfordNot available
Woolwich124,34014.815.715.736.0
Southwark101,90017.324.123.649.0
Wandsworth271,34012.4916.9115.2149.0
LewishamNot available
Bermondsey71,59017.221.723.435.0
Camberwell173,75015.3419.1318.3648.0