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Hammersmith 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1915
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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 577, against 525 in the previous
year. These deaths last year were equal to 4.9 per
1,000 of total persons living, and 300 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
5 per 1,000 of the total persons living, and 296 per
1,000 of the total deaths of London residents registered.
This death rate was, therefore, .I less in this
Borough than in London as compared with the total
persons living, and 4 per 1,000 greater in this Borough
than in London as compared with the total deaths
registered.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1915 and Previous Years.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.
| year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | ||||||||||||
| of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | ||||||||||||
| Num-ber. | Rate. | Num-ber. | Rate. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all | Ages. | |||||||
| N umber | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Num-ber. | Rate. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1910 | 120877 | 2910 | 3045 | 25·2 | 1569 | 12·3 | 240 | 209 | 304 | 104 | 1538 | 12·1 | |
| 1911 | 121766 | 2807 | 2929 | 24·1 | 1927 | 15·8 | 259 | 245 | 434 | 148 | 1913 | 15·7 | |
| 1912 | 122750 | 2755 | 2883 | 23·5 | 1595 | 13·0 | 253 | 251 | 261 | 91 | 1593 | 13·0 | |
| 1913 | 123745 | 2951 | 3042 | 24·6 | 1704 | 13·8 | 227 | 275 | 314 | 103 | 1752 | 14·2 | |
| 1914 | 124750 | 2824 | 2935 | 23·5 | 1676 | 13·4 | 233 | 269 | 276 | 94 | 1712 | 13·7 | |
| 1915 | 118559 | 2588 | 2708 | 21·7 | 1872 | 15·8 | 242 | 291 | 277 | 102 | 1921 | 16·2 | |
| Area of District in acres (land and inland water) 2282·5 | At Census of 1911 (of. Census, Vol. 5). | ||||||||||||
| Total population at all ages 121,521 | |||||||||||||
| Total families or separate occupiers 28,462 | |||||||||||||