London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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This rate is calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 River | 17,647 | 234 | 13.3 |
| No. 2 Brook Green | 26,823 | 317 | 12.3 |
| No. 3 The Grove | 22,954 | 284 | 12.4 |
| No. 4 St. Stephens | 9,233 | 83 | 8.9 |
| No. 6 Starch Green | 22,780 | 243 | 10.7 |
| No. 6 Wormholt | 23,834 | 236 | 9.9 |
| No. 7 College Park and Latimer | 12,129 | 138 | 11.4 |
LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of year. | 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 | 4,605,000 | 17.1* | 0.61 | 11.6* | 64* |
| Paddington | 146,700 | 15.3 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 86 |
| Kensington | 180,000 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 12.8 | 60 |
| Hammersmith | 134,400 | 16.3 | 0.6 | 11.4 | 66 |
| Fulham | 164,300 | 16.2 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 64 |
| Chelsea | 64,820 | 13.3 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 64 |
| City of Westminster | 138,400 | 11.3 | 0.44 | 11.6 | 59.7 |
| St. Marylebone | 105,800 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 11.9 | 81 |
| Hampstead | 87,580 | 12.3 | 0.23 | 10.6 | 60 |
| St. Pancras | 216,800 | 16.7 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 76 |
| Islington | 339,200 | 19.0 | 0.5 | 12.0 | 66 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,080 | 16.0 | 0.8 | 10.7 | 48 |
| Hackney | 228,500 | 17.2 | 0.46 | 10.8 | 59 |
| Holborn | 43,200 | 12.38 | 0.5 | 121 | 90 |
| Finsbury | 77.560 | 21.4 | 0.67 | 12.9 | 66 |
| City of London | 13,230 | 7.1 | 0.07 | 10.4 | 66 |
| Shoreditch | 106,400 | 23.5 | 0.6 | 12.2 | 66 |
| Bethnal Green | 119,600 | 20.9 | 0.84 | 11.6 | 70 |
| Stepney | 256,100 | 19.4 | 0.79 | 11.5 | 65 |
| Poplar | 169,000 | 21.6 | 0.9 | 11.4 | 70 |
| Southwark | 188,600 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 70 |
| Bermondsey | 123,100 | 19.6 | 0.76 | 12.1 | 60 |
| Lambeth | 311,000 | 17.9 | 0.5 | 11.6 | 38.4 |
| Battersea | 171,900 | 17.3 | 0.7 | 11.4 | 61.6 |
| Wandsworth | 342,100 | 14.1 | 0. | 10.37 | 64 |
| Camber well | 275,400 | 16.6 | 14.0 | 70 | |
| Deptford | 115,700 | 18.2 | 0.7 | 11.3 | 56 |
| Greenwich | 104,300 | 17.7 | 0.4 | 10.8 | 61 |
| Lewisham | 187,800 | 15.3 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 40 |
| Woolwich | 141,900 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 10.2 | 43 |
*These provisional figures are taken from a table furnished by the
Registrar-General. Other figures supplied by Medical Officers of Health.