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Hammersmith 1933

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

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Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Births notified 2,004
Corrected number of births 1,827

Notification Received from

Midwives.Doctors.Lying-in Hospitals.Poor Law Institutions.Parents.M.O.H.'s.
80612487818844

Deaths.—During the year 1,500 deaths were registered
in the Borough, as compared with 1,465 in the previous
year. Adding 506 deaths of residents of this Borough
which occurred in general hospitals and other public institutions,
and 24 deaths of residents transferred by the
Registrar-General as having occurred in various parts of
England, and deducting 322 deaths of non-residents and
18 transferable deaths which occurred in the Borough, the
corrected number of deaths of residents was 1,690 (849
males, 841 females).
On the estimated population, i.e., 131,400, the corrected
number of deaths of residents was equal to an annual
rate of 12.9 deaths per 1,000 persons living.
The Death-rate in London on the estimated population.
i.e., 4,298,600, was equal to an annual rate of 12.2
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 119, as compared with 129 in the previous year.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
was equal to 65 per 1,000 of the corrected births.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age,
residents in London, was equal to 59 per 1,000 of the
total registered births.