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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 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923
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LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of 1923. | Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,534,2301 | 20.2 | — | 11.2 | 60 |
| West Districts. | |||||
| Paddington | 146,200 | 17.9 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 69 |
| Kensington | 178,500 | 17.5 | 0.69 | 12.3 | 70 |
| Hammersmith | 133,600 | 20.2 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 64 |
| Fulham | 161,600 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 64 |
| Chelsea | 64,480 | 15.1 | 0.4 | 12.2 | 58 |
| City of Westminster | 140,430 | 12.5 | 0.09 | 10.6 | 46.6 |
| North Districts. | |||||
| St. Marylebone | 105,400 | 15.8 | 0.48 | 11.7 | 66 |
| Hampstead | 87,410 | 14.3 | 0.4 | 10.3 | 42 |
| St. Pancras | 214,400 | 20.3 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 63 |
| Islington | 336,600 | 21.1 | 0.38 | 11.6 | 66 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,820 | 18.2 | 0.23 | 10.2 | 46 |
| Hackney | 226,400 | 19.6 | 0.23 | 10.6 | 58 |
| Central Districts. | |||||
| Holborn | 43,376 | 13.67 | 0.53 | 12.1 | 79 |
| Finsbury | 77,230 | 23.9 | 0.76 | 13.03 | 60.7 |
| City of London | 13,480 | 8.2 | 0.22 | 11.2 | 60 |
| East Districts. | |||||
| Shoreditch | 106,200 | 26.9 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 82 |
| Bethnal Green | 118,700 | 24.2 | 0.88 | 11.3 | 69 |
| Stepney | 252,170* | 23.5 | 0.7 | 11.6 | 63 |
| Poplar | 166,400 | 25.6 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 60 |
| South Districts. | |||||
| Southwark | 187,464 | 24.3 | 0.8 | 12.8 | 68 |
| Bermondsey | 121,700 | 24.0 | 0.98 | 12.2 | 76 |
| Lambeth | 308,500 | 27.04 | 0.4 | 11.2 | 42.7 |
| Battersea | 170,600 | 20.1 | 0.67 | 10.8 | 49.5 |
| Wandsworth | 336,100 | 16.28 | 0.39 | 10.14 | 52.5 |
| Camberwell | 272,300 | 20.7 | 0.7 | 11.0 | 56.7 |
| Deptford | 114,900 | 21.1 | 0.65 | 11.1 | 59 |
| Greenwich | 102,777 | 20,51 | 0.46 | 10.95 | 60 |
| Lewisham | 182,400 | 18.07 | 0.4 | 10.14 | 43 |
| Woolwich | 140,000 | 20.5 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 43 |
* These provisional figures are taken from a table furnished by the
Registrar-General. Others figure supplied by Medical Officer of Health of
borough concerned.