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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1936.
Area 2,282.5 acres
Population (1986) (estimated) 127,700
Population Census (1901) 112,239
„ „ (1911) 121,521
„ „ (1921) 180,295
„ „ (1931) 135,521
Natural increase, i.e., excess of
births over deaths 325
Density of population 55.9 persons
per acre
Marriages registered 1,411
Number of inhabited houses
1931 17,402
Number of families or separate
occupiers (1921) 33,263
Rateable value (1936) £1,231,945
Sum represented by a penny rate,
1936 £4,948
| Births (legitimate) | 1,784 | Birth rate | 15·1 | |
| ,, (illegitimate) | 138 | |||
| Stillbirths | 58 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births | 29 | |
| Deaths (corrected) | 1,597 | Death rate | 12·5 | |
| Adjusted death rate | 12·9 | |||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:- | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||
| Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 0·5 | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 2 | 1·0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1·5 | ||