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Hammersmith 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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country as a whole or with the mortality of any other local
area, the crude death-rate of which should be similarly
modified with its own factor for the purpose.
The comparability factor for Hammersmith is 1.03.
The Death-rate in London on the estimated population,
i.e., 4,141,100, was equal to an annual rate of 12.3 deaths
per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths of Aged Persons.—The corrected number of
deaths of residents at 65 years of age and upwards registered
during the year was 793, against 789 in the previous
year. These deaths were equal to 6.2 per 1,000 of the
total persons living, and 498 per 1,000 of the total deaths
of residents registered.
Cancer.—There were 227 deaths from Cancer, and of this
number, 205 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years.
These deaths were equal to 1.78 per 1,000 of the population.
The following table shows the number of deaths from Cancer under the various age groups during the past 10 years :—
| Year. | Total Deaths. | Sex | 1 All Ages. | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
| 1928 | 207 | M | 104 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 43 | 32 | 21 |
| F | 103 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 48 | 30 | 15 | ||
| 1929 | 231 | M | 110 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 51 | 40 | 16 |
| F | 121 | _ | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 40 | 26 | ||
| 1930 | 213 | M | 106 | — | — | - | - | 7 | 51 | 31 | 17 |
| F | 107 | — | 1 | — | — | 9 | 48 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 1931 | 229 | M | 104 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 53 | 29 | 11 |
| F | 125 | — | 1 | — | — | 12 | 48 | 32 | 32 | ||
| 1932 | 206 | M | 92 | — | - | — | 1 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 11 |
| F | 114 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 27 | 21 | ||
| 1933 | 231 | M | 114 | — | — | - | 2 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 20 |
| F | 117 | _ | - | - | 1 | 11 | 46 | 29 | 30 | ||
| 1934 | 235 | M | 112 | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 46 | 31 | 25 |
| F | 123 | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 40 | 51 | 22 | ||
| 1935 | 216 | M | 117 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 57 | 38 | 14 |
| F | 99 | _ | _ | - | _ | 7 | 45 | 26 | 21 | ||
| 1936 | 249 | M | 111 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 48 | 42 | 13 | |
| F | 138 | — | — | — | 3 | 14 | 53 | 38 | 30 | ||
| 1937 | 227 | M | 107 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 37 | 18 | |
| F | 120 | — | — | - | — | 11 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
The average number of deaths for the ten years is 224.
In all cases where death occurs from Cancer the Lady
Sanitary Inspector visits and offers disinfection.