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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1911
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1911
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DEATHS OF AGED PERSONS.
The corrected number of deaths of residents at
65 years of age and upwards that were registered
during last year was 495, against 409 in the previous
year. These deaths last year were equal to 4.1 per
1,000 of total persons living, and 259 per 1,000 of the
total deaths of residents registered. The corrected
deaths registered of persons at 65 years of age and
upwards belonging to London last year was equal to
3.9 per 1,000 of the total persons living, and 257 per
1,000 of the total deaths of London residents registered.
This death rate was, therefore, .2 greater in this
Borough than in London as compared with the total
persons living, and 2 per 1,000 greater in this Borough
than in London as compared with the total deaths
registered.