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Hammersmith 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Births notified 2,112
Corrected number of births 1,940

Notification Received from

Midwives.Doctors.Lying-in Hospitals.Poor Law Institutions.Parents.M.O.H.'s.
91917133817257

Total notifications received, 2,112.
Deaths.—During the year 1,465 deaths were registered
in the Borough, as compared with 1,567 in the previous
year. Adding 52'2 deaths of residents of this Borough
which occurred in general hospitals and other public institutions,
and 21 deaths of residents transferred by the
Registrar-General as having occurred in various parts of
England, and deducting 279 deaths of non-residents and
15 transferable deaths which occurred in the Borough, the
corrected number of deaths of resdents was 1,714 (868
males, 846 females).
On the estimated population, i.e., 188,700, the corrected
number of deaths of residents was equal to an annual
rate of 12.8 deaths per 1,000 persons living.
The Death-rate in London on the estimated population,
i.e., 4,857,000, was equal to an annual rate of 12.8
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 129, as compared with 140 in the previous year.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
was equal to 66 per 1,000 of the corrected births and to
75 per 1,000 of the corrected deaths.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age,
residents in London, was equal to 66 per 1,000 of the
total registered births.