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Hammersmith 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1938.
Area 2,282.5 acres
Population (1938) (estimated) 125,100
Population Census (1901) 112,289
(1911) 121,521
(1921) 180,295
(1981) 185,521
Natural increase, i.e., excess of
births over deaths 521
Density of population 54.8 persons
per acre
Marriages registered 1,411
Number of families or separate
occupiers (1921) 88,268
Rateable value (1938) £1,271,922
Sum represented by a pennv rate,
1938 £5,050
Vital Statistics.
Births (legitimate)
,, (illegitimate)
.1,715
159
Birth rate
Rate per 1,000
15.0
Stillbirths
59 1
(live and still
births)
31
Deaths (corrected)
1,412
Death rate
11.3
Adjusted death rate
11.6
Deaths from puerperal causes :—
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis
—
—
Other puerperal causes
2
1.03
Total
2
1.03