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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 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1914
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, Etc,
FOR THE YEAR 1914.
Population of Registration area at
Census 121,521
Population estimated to the middle
of year 124,750
Natural increase, i.e. excess of births
over deaths 1,223
Area of Borough 2,282 5 acres.
Density of population 54.65 persons per
acre over total
area.
Marriages registered 1,180
Births registered. (Corrected) 2,935
Birth rate 23.5
Deaths registered. (Corrected) 1,712
Death rate 13.7
Infantile mortality 270 deaths under
one year, or 94
per 1,000 births.