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Hammersmith 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1945.
Area 2,282.5 acres
Population (1944) (estimated) 89,190
,, (1945) „ 96,100
Population Census (1901) 112,239
(1911) 121,521
(1921) 130,295
(1931) 135,521
Natural increase, i.e., excess of
births over deaths 434
Density of population (persons per acre) 42.11
Marriages registered 1,174
Rateable value (April, 1945) £1,202,372
Sum represented by a penny rate
(April, 1945) £4,762
Vital Statistics.
Births (legitimate) 1,582 Birth rate 18.1
,, (illegitimate) 210
Rate per 1,000
Stillbirths 40 (live and still
births) 22
Deaths (corrected) 1,308 Death rate 13.6
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births 45
,, from cancer (all ages) 207
,, ,, whooping cough (all ages) 3
,, ,, diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 15