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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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This rate is calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 River | 16,847 | 241 | 14.3 |
| No. 2 Brook Green | 24,460 | 319 | 13.0 |
| No. 3 The Grove | 21,814 | 261 | 12.0 |
| No. 4 St. Stephens | 8,774 | 109 | 12.5 |
| No. 5 Starch Green | 21,638 | 255 | 11.8 |
| No. 6 Wormholt | 22,648 | 289 | 12.8 |
| No. 7 College Park and Latimer | 11,519 | 119 | 10.3 |
LONDON AND METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Resident population (mid-1937). | Live Births rate per 1,000 population. | Death rate per 1,000 population. | Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 live births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude. | Adjusted. | ||||
| County of London West District:— | |||||
| Paddington | 138,300 | 13.65 | 13.05 | 12.91 | 66 |
| Kensington | 175,600 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 83 |
| Hammersmith | 126.500 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 68 |
| Fulham | 138.900 | 13.9 | 13.08 | 13.2 | 56 |
| Chelsea | 56,510 | 10.8 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 59 |
| City of Westminster | 124.300 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 59 |
| St. Marylebone | 92,110 | 9.36 | 13.10 | 12.98 | 73 |
| Hampstead | 90.690 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 54 |
| St. Pancras | 181,900 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 62 |
| Islington | 295.400 | 15.25 | 12.9 | 13.02 | 66 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,250 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 38 |
| Hackney | 206,700 | 13.8 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 43 |
| Holborn | 34.600 | 8.09 | 11.85 | 12.68 | 79 |
| Finsbury | 58,700 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 71 |
| City of London | 8,980 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 36 |
| Shoreditch | 82,240 | 14.86 | 12.47 | 13.72 | 54 |
| Bethnal Green | 94,560 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 54 |
| Stepney | 203.100 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 14.2 | 61 |
| Poplar | 136,800 | 15.5 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 61 |
| Southwark | 147,400 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 64 |
| Bermondsey | 98,790 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 59 |
| Lambeth | 273,800 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 68 |
| Battersea | 143,500 | 14.94 | 12.89 | 12.76 | 70 |
| Wandsworth | 341,700 | 11.53 | 12.36 | 11.43 | 62 |
| Camberwell | 224,800 | 14.08 | 12.83 | 12.83 | 58 |
| Deptford | 96,580 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 45 |
| Greenwich | 95,990 | 13.88 | 12.03 | 12.27 | 50 |
| Lewisham | 226,000 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 46 |
| Woolwich | 149,400 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 40 |