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Hammersmith 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923

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Notification of Births Act, 1907.

Births registered2,537
Corrected number of births2,701

Notification Received from

Midwives.Doctors.Lying-in Hospitals.Poor Law Institutions.Parents.M.O.H.'s.
1,318538572376322

Total notifications received, 2,550.
Deaths.—During the year 981 deaths (495 males, 486
females) were registered in the Borough, as compared with
1,223 in the previous year. Adding 649 deaths of residents of
this Borough which occurred in general hospitals and other
public institutions, and 31 deaths of residents transferred by
the Registrar-General as having occurred in various parts
of England, and deducting 125 deaths of non-residents and 63
transferable deaths which occurred in the Borough, the corrected
number of deaths of residents registered was 1,473.
On the estimated population, i.e., 133,600, the corrected
number of deaths of residents was equal to an annual
rate of 11.0 deaths per 1,000 persons living.
The death-rate in London on the estimated population of
London, i.e., 4,564,109, was equal to an annual rate of 11.2
deaths per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths of Infants.—The corrected number of deaths of
residents under one year of age registered during the year was
173 as compared with 196 in the previous year. The number