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Hammersmith 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1937.
| Area | 2,282.5 acres |
| Population (1987) (estimated) | 126,500 |
| Population Census (1901) | 112,239 |
| „ „ (1911) | 121,521 |
| „ „ (1921) | 180,295 |
| „ „ (1931) | 185,521 |
| Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths | 320 |
| Density of population | 55.4 persons per acre |
| Marriages registered | 1,389 |
| Number of inhabited houses 1931 | 17,402 |
| Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) | 33,263 |
| Rateable value (1937) | £1,256,649 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate, 1937 | £5,050 |
| Births (legitimate) | 1,778 | Birth rate | 15.1 | |
| ,, (illegitimate) | 135 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 27 | |
| Stillbirths | 58 | |||
| Deaths (corrected) | 1,598 | Death rate | 12.6 | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes | Adjusted death rate | 13.0 | ||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||
| Puerperal sepsis | ||||
| 1 | 0.5 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 3 | 1.5 | ||
| Total | 4 | 2.0 | ||