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Hammersmith 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922
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Deaths of Aged Persons. —The corrected number of deaths
of residents at 65 years of age and upwards registered during
the year was 617, against 559 in the previous year. These
deaths were equal to 4.7 per 1,000 of the to al persons living,
and 356 per 1,000 of the total deaths of residents registered.
Statistics. —The following table gives the statistics of the
Borough during 1922 and the previous five years, in the form
pre cribed by the Ministry of Health : —
TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1922 and Previous Years.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated 2 to middle of each year | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belongging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. 3 | Nett. | Number. 6 | Rate. 7 | of Non-residents registered in the District. 8 | of Residents not registered in the District. 9 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. 4 | Rate. 5 | Number. 10 | Rate per 1.000 Nett Births. 11 | Number. 12 | Rate. 13 | |||||||
| 1917 | 114952 | 2080 | 2278 | 17.7 | 1212 | 10.6 | 195 | 618 | 251 | 110 | 1635 | 14.3 |
| 1918 | 115833 | 1829 | 2014 | 15.5 | 1445 | 12.5 | 175 | 713 | 210 | 104 | 1983 | 17.1 |
| 1919 | 130981 | 2084 | 2296 | 16.8 | 1210 | 9.2 | 168 | 659 | 228 | 99 | 1701 | 13.0 |
| 1920 | 136200 | 3150 | 3312 | 24.3 | 1073 | 7.9 | 161 | 646 | 219 | 66 | 1558 | 11.4 |
| 1921 | 131500 | 2599 | 2779 | 21.1 | 1167 | 9.1 | 202 | 669 | 245 | 88 | 1634 | 12.7 |
| 1922 | 134400 | 2564 | 2758 | 20.5 | 1223 | 9.1 | 196 | 705 | 196 | 71 | 1733 | 12.9 |
Area of District in acres Hand and inland water) 2282 5
At
Census
of 1921
(cf.
Census
Vol. 5).
Total population of all ages 130.287
Total families or occupiers 33,263
Deaths of Residents.—Belonging to the Borough, occurring
in public institutions, &c., in districts outside, during the
year 1922:-
FEVER HOSPITALS.
| Western Hospital | 44 |
| Grove Hospital | 9 |
| South Western Hospital | 3 |
| Eastern Hospital | 1 |
| Park Hospital | 1 |
| North Western Hospital | 2 |
| Northern Hospital | 1 |
| – | |
| 1 | 61 |
| 1 |