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Hammersmith 1894

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Parish of Hammersmith for the year ending December 29th, 1894.

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DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS.
The corrected number of deaths of parishioners at 60
years of age and upwards that were registered during last
year was 368, against 464 in the previous year. The
number of these deaths last year was equal to 22.3 per
cent. of the total deaths of parishioners registered. The
percentage of deaths of persons at 60 years of age and
upwards in London last year was equal to 22.3 per cent.
of the total deaths registered. This death-rate was, therefore,
the same in this parish as in London.
TABLE I.
The following Table shows the mean temperature, the
estimated population, the number of persons to each acre,
the number of births, the proportion of births to each 1,000
persons living, the deaths (uncorrected) as registered in
the parish, the proportion of uncorrected deaths to each
1,000 persons living in the parish in the years 1885-1894,
also the number of corrected deaths to each 1,000 persons
living in the parish in the years 1892-1894.
Year.
Mean Temperature.
Fahrenheit.
Population
estimated up to
3rd of July.
Number of Persons
to each acre.
Number of Births.
Proportion of
Births to each 1,000
Persons living.
The (Uncorrected)
Deaths as Registered
in the Parish.
The proportion of
Uncorrected) Deaths
to each 1,000 Persons
living.
The Corrected
Deaths.
(See Table A.)
The proportion of
Corrected Deaths to
each 1,000 Persons
living.
Not Not
1885 40°.4 82,925 36.3 2,843 34.3 1,453 17.5 available , available
1886 48°.7 81,547 37.4 2,821 33.9 1,415 16.5 „ „
1887 48°.0 88,139 38.5 2,941 33.4 1,651 18.7 „ „
1888 47°.7 90,731 39.7 2,872 31.7 1,617 17.8 „ „
1889 48°.8 98,323 40.8 2,831 30.3 1,477 15.8 „ „
1890 48°.6 95,915 41,9 2,826 29.5 1,703 17.8 „ „
1891 48°.4 97.867 42.8 2,910 29.7 1,726 17.0 „ „
1892 48°.1 99.819 43.6 2,904 29.1 1,754 17.6 1,905 19.1
1893 51°.1 100,969 44.1 2,950 29.2 1,642 16.3 1,805 17.9
1894 49°.9 103,029 45.0 2,902 28.2 1,510 14.7 1,649 16.0
TABLE II.
The following table marked (A) has been prepared by
me under an instruction of the Local Government Board.