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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Hammersmith, W.6
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith.
Ladies and Gentlemen,—I beg to present my Annual
Report for the Year 1934. The report deals with the vital
statistics, and with the work carried out under the direction
of your Council during the year. The statistical tables
included relate to the Public Health of the Borough.
The death-rate of 12.9 is the same as for the previous
year.
The infantile mortality rate has increased from 65 to 77
per 1,000 births.
This is the highest rate recorded since 1921.
The lowest rate was 61 per 1,000 births in 1927.
Generally speaking there was an increase in the rates of
nearly every London Borough.
The rate for the County of London increased from 59 to
67 per 1,000 births.
" Parkside " Maternity Home was closed during the year
and Hammersmith mothers were admitted to St. Mary
Abbots Hospital, Marloes Road, Kensington.
It is proposed to provide accommodation of approximately
50 beds for maternity cases at the British Post-graduate
Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital.