London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[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 | 16,206 | 188 | 11.6 |
| No. 2 Brook Green | 24,335 | 274 | 11.2 |
| No. 3 The Grove | 21,402 | 274 | 12.8 |
| No. 4 St. Stephens | 8,240 | 103 | 12.5 |
| No. 5 Starch Green | 21,424 | 216 | 10.0 |
| No. 6 Wormholt | 22,073 | 254 | 11.5 |
| No. 7 College Park and Latimer | 11,420 | 103 | 9.0 |
LONDON AND METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
| City or Borough. | Estimated population. | Birth rate. | Death rate : crude adjusted. | Infant Mortality rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 137,400 | 13.74 | 11.33 | 11.21 | 66.0 |
| Kensington | 174,100 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 78.0 |
| Hammersmith | 125,000 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 62.0 |
| Fulham | 137,700 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 51.0 |
| Chelsea | 56,050 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 80.0 |
| City of Westminster | 124,400 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 54.9 |
| St. Marylebone | 90,680 | 8.84 | 11.12 | 11.0 | 60.0 |
| Hampstead | 90,480 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 57.0 |
| St. Pancras | 179,400 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 64.0 |
| Islington | 292,300 | 15.32 | 11.90 | 12.02 | 65.0 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 43.2 |
| Hackney | 205,200 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 56.46 |
| Holborn | 34,350 | 7.28 | 10.51 | 11.25 | 84.0 |
| Finsbury | 56,960 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 73.0 |
| City of London | 8,780 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 51.8 |
| Shoreditch | 80,360 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 64.0 |
| Bethnal Green | 92,910 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 59.3 |
| Stepney | 200,500 | 13.06 | 11.05 | 12.92 | 60.7 |
| Poplar | 134,400 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 60.0 |
| Southwark | 145,300 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 57.0 |
| Bermondsey | 97,420 | 14.8 | 11.0 | 12.54 | 45.0 |
| Lambeth | 272,800 | 14.09 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 51.0 |
| Battersea | 141,700 | 14.92 | 11.82 | 11.70 | 53.45 |
| Wandsworth | 340,100 | 11.92 | 11.17 | 10.38 | 46.0 |
| Camberwell | 222,400 | 13.97 | 12.27 | 12.27 | 61.0 |
| Deptford | 95,460 | 14.4 | 11.8 | 54.0 | |
| Greenwich | 95,770 | 13.64 | 10.89 | 11.1 | 42.0 |
| Lewisham | 229,000 | 13.9 | 10.49 | 10.5 | 47.0 |
| Woolwich | 150,900 | 13.6 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 50.0 |