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Hammersmith 1924
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1924
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Statistics.—The following table gives the statistics of the
Borough during 1924 and the previous five years, in the form
prescribed by the Ministry of Health:—
TABLE I. Yital Statistics of Whole District during 1924 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected. Number. | Nett. | of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1918 | 115833 | 1829 | 2014 | 15.5 | 1445 | 12.5 | 175 | 713 | 210 | 104 | 1983 | 17.1 |
| 1919 | 130981 | 2081 | 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 | 131400 | 2564 | 2758 | 20.5 | 1223 | 9.1 | 196 | 705 | 196 | 71 | 1733 | 12.9 |
| 1923 | 133600 | 2571 | 2701 | 20.2 | 981 | 7.3 | 125 | 649 | 173 | 64 | 1473 | 110 |
| 1924 | 134200 | 2199 | 2399 | 17.9 | 1123 | 8.4 | 173 | 718 | 173 | 72 | 1668 | 12.4 |
Area of District in acres (land and inland water) 2,282.5
Total population of all ages 130.287
Total families or occupiers 33,263
At
Census
of 1921
(of.
Census
Vol. 5.)
Deaths of Residents.—Belonging to the Borough, occurring
in Public Institutions, Jcc., in districts outside, during the
year 1924:—
FEVEK HOSPITALS.
| Western Hospital 26 | Eastern Hospital 2 |
| Grrove Hospital 6 | North-Western Hospital 1 |
| Park Hospital 3 | South-Eastern Hospital 2 |
| Total 40 | |
| MENTAL HOSPITALS. | |
| Tooting Bee Hospital 13 | Dartford Heath Hospital 4 |
| Leaveaden Hospital 3 | Cane Hill Hospital 1 |
| Hanwell Hospital 11 | Horton Hospital 1 |
| Banstead Hospital 5 | Caterham Hospital 1 |
| Long Grove Hospital 3 | |
| Colindale Hospital 5 | Total 47 |
| Colney Hatch Hospital 2 | |