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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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Table: Local government board return.—table 1. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years. BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.

Local government board return.—table 1.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1910 and Previous Years.

BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.

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 the District.
Number.RateUnder 1 year of age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births Registered.Number.RateNumber.Rate*
12345678910111213
1900110203299427.2470157161714.7204140383180616.4
1901112631301926.8467155164614.6241168398188516.7
1902114210319227.9410128159714.0246160435187216.4
1903115803298925.8374125132311.4207150434160713.9
1904117412314626.84591461632I3.92631783591813I5.4
1905119037311026.1391126141911.9245161385164313.8
1906120679302025.0418138159113.2394173355177314.7
1907122337300624.6378126177714.5602233173171714.0
1908124012310225.0391123175414.1640210213175714.2
1909125704288723.0367125177814.1592220217177514.1
Averages for years 1900-1909118203304725.8413135161313.6363179335176515.0
1910127413291022.8326112156912.3655240209153812.1

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* Kates in Columns 4, 8. and 13 calculated per 1,000 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 purpose 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 112.239
Number of inhabited houses 15.198
Average number of persons per house 7 4
At
Census
of 1901.
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.
Hammersmith Infirmary.
St. John's Hospital for Skin
Diseases, Uxbridge Road
General Hospitals, and other
Public Institutions of a like
character.
London County Lunatic Asylums
and Metropolitan Imbecile
Asylums.
Fever and Small Pox Hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board.
Islington Fever Hospital.
Convent of the Good Shepherd.
St. Mary's Orphanage, St.
Joseph's School, Kensington
and Chelsea District School.
H.M. Prison, Wormwood
Scrubs.
Is the Union Workhouse within the District ? Yes.