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Hammersmith 1942

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

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1942.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1942.

Area2,282.5 acres
Population (1942) (estimated)89,370
Population Census (1901)112,239
,, ,, (1911)121,521
,, ,, (1921)130,295
,, ,, (1981)135,521
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths337
Density of population39.1 persons per acre
Marriages registered1,120
Rateable value (April. 1942)£1,220,500
Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1942)£4,443

Table: Vital Statistics.

Vital Statistics.

Births (legitimate) 1,484Birth rate17.8
,, (illegitimate) 155Rate per 1,000 (live and still births)30
Stillbirths 49
Deaths (corrected)1,252Death rate14
Deaths from puerperal causes:-Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis10.61
Other puerperal causes31.88
Total42.44