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Hammersmith 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1939.
| Area | 2,282.5 acres | |||
| Population (1939) (estimated): | ||||
| For Birth Rate | 122,800 | |||
| For Death Rate | 116,200 | |||
| Population Census (1901) | 112,239 | |||
| „ „ (1911) | 121,521 | |||
| „ „ (1921) | 130,295 | |||
| „ „ (1931) | 135,521 | |||
| Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths | 438 | |||
| Density of population | 53.8 persons per acre | |||
| Marriages registered | 1,740 | |||
| Rateable value (1939) | £1,258,459 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate, 1939 | £5,000 | |||
| Births (legitimate) 1,691 | Birth rate | 14.9 | ||
| ,, (illegitimate) 138 | ||||
| Stillbirths 62 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) | 34 | ||
| Deaths (corrected) 1,391 | Death rate | 12.0 | ||
| Adjusted death rate | 12.4 | |||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:- | ||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 1 | .5 | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | .5 | ||
| Total | 2 | 1.0 | ||