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Hammersmith 1910
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1910
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DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS.
The corrected number of deaths of residents at
60 years of age and upwards that were registered
during last year was 509, males 245, females 264,
against 589 in the previous year. These deaths last
year were equal to 4.0 per 1,000 of total persons living,
and 331 per 1,000 of the total deaths of residents
registered. The corrected deaths registered of persons
at 60 years of age and upwards belonging to London
last year was equal to 4.3 per 1,000 of the total persons
living, and 336 per 1,000 of the total deaths of London
residents registered. This death rate was, therefore,
.3 less in this Borough than in London as compared
with the total persons living, and 5 per 1,000 less in
this Borough than in London as compared with the
total deaths registered.