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Hammersmith 1937

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

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Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Births notified 2,964
Corrected number of births 1,966

Notification Received from

Midwives.Doctors.Lying in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.L.C.C. Institutions.Parents.M.O.H.'s.
568655621,754213

Stillbirths.—Fifty-three stillbirths were allocated to this
Borough. Seventy-five were registered in the Borough, of
which number twenty-eight were outward transfers. Six
were born outside the Borough and were transferred by the
Registrar-General.
Deaths of Infants.—The corrected number of deaths of
residents under one year of age registered during the year
was 130, as compared with 116 in the previous year.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
was equal to 68 per 1.000 of the corrected births.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age,
residents in London, was equal to 60 per 1,000 of the
total registered births.
The mortality rate of infants under one year of age
was eight per thousand more in this Borough than in
London.