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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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1915
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, Etc.
FOR THE YEAR 1915.
Population of Registration area at
Census 121,521
Civil Population (estimated) 118,559
Natural increase, i.e. excess of births
over deaths 787
Area of Borough 2,282.5 acres.
Density of population 51.95 persons per
acre over total
area.
Marriages registered 1,503
Births registered. (Corrected) 2,708
Birth rate 21.7
Deaths registered. (Corrected) 1,921
Death rate 16.2
Infantile mortality 277 deaths under
one year, or 102
per 1,000 births.