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Hammersmith 1902

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1902

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Table: TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole Districts during 1902 and previous Years.

TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole Districts during 1902 and previous Years.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all ages belonging to theDistrict.
Number.Rate.*Under 1 Year of Age.At nil Ages.
Number.Kate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
189299203290429.3469162175417.7171118295193119 .4
1893100539295029. 3456155164216 .3193129321183418 .2
1894101875290228 .5402130151014.821713729316.6616 .4
1895103211290928.2470162161115.620314230517.7417.2
1896104547300728 .8489163155614.916911133117.7617.0
1897106016313929. 650816.2157014.8200139291172216.2
1898107352302628.2505167167015 6194123383193018.0
1899108705306128.2527172180116.6229152369201818 .6
1900110076299427.2470157161514.7204140383185816.9
1901112619302226 8475157145514.7241168398188516.7
Averages for years 1892-1901105414299128 .4477160163815.6202136337183917.5
1902114210319227 .94021261597140246160435187216.4

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* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered
during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included
in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10
and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term " Non-residents " is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term " Residents " is meant persons
who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere.
The " Public institutions " to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those
into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses,
and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections
have been made should be given on the back of this Table.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 2282 555
Total population at all ages
Number of inhabited houses
Average number of persons per house 7.4
I.
Institutions within the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from outside the District.
II.
Institutions outside the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths
in which have been distributed
among the 'several localities,
in the District.
West London Hospital
Nazareth House
General Hospital. Fulham
Infirmary, Fulham Workhouse,
and other Public
Institutions of a like
character
London County Lunatic Asylum
Metropolitan Asylums Board,
Small-pox and Fever Hospitals
The Convent of the Good
Shepherd
St. Mary's Orphanage, St.
Joseph's School, Kensington
& Chelsea District
School, King Street
H.M. Prison, Wormwood
Scrubs. St. John's Hospital,
for Skin Diseases,
Uxbridge Road
Is the Union within the District. There is a temporary one, and a permanent one is in course of orection