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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
| Area | 2,282.5 acres |
| Population (1943) (estimated) | 92,050 |
| Population Census (1901) | 112,239 |
| (1911) | 121,521 |
| (1921) | 130,295 |
| (1931) | 135,521 |
| Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths | 468 |
| Density of population | 40.3 persons per acre |
| Marriages registered | 936 |
| Rateable value (April, 1943) | £l,221.085 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1943) | £4,620 |
| Births (legitimate) | 1.599 | Birth rate | 19.2 | |
| ,, (illegitimate) | 169 | Rate per 1.000 (live and still births) | 23 | |
| Stillbirths | 42 | |||
| Deaths (corrected) | 1,300 | Death rate | 14.1 | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes | Deaths. | Rate per1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | 1.10 | ||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 0.55 | ||
| Total | 3 | 1.65 | ||