Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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HAM 34
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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 |
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 |