London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Country and Period | Males | Females |
| Denmark | ||
| 1901-1905 | 52.9 | 56.2 |
| 1941-1945 | 65.6 | 67.7 |
| 1946-1950 | 67.8 | 70.1 |
| France | ||
| 1898-1903 | 45.7 | 49.1 |
| 1947 | 62.8 | 67.7 |
| Germany (Federal Republic) | ||
| 1949-1952 | 64.6 | 68.5 |
| Greenland (North) (Eskimos) | ||
| 1950 | 25.0 | 27.0 |
| Greenland (N.W.) Thule (Eskimos) | ||
| 1952 | 28.0 | 22.0 |
| HAMMERSMITH | ||
| 1952 (estimated) | 61.8 | 66.2 |
| Holland | ||
| 1900-1909 | 51.0 | 53.4 |
| 1931-1940 | 65.7 | 67.2 |
| 1947-1949 | 69.4 | 71.5 |
| Israel (Jewish) | ||
| 1949 | 65.2 | 67.9 |
| Japan | ||
| 1899-1903 | 44.0 | 44.9 |
| 1935-1936 | 46.9 | 49.6 |
| 1948 | 55.6 | 59.4 |
| Norway | ||
| 1901-1911 | 54.8 | 57.7 |
| 1921-1931 | 61.0 | 63.8 |
| 1945-1948 | 67.8 | 71.7 |
| Poland | ||
| 1931-1932 | 48.2 | 51.4 |
| 1948 | 55.6 | 62.5 |
| Scotland | ||
| 1910-1912 | 50.1 | 53.2 |
| 1930-1932 | 56.0 | 59.5 |
| 1949 | 64.0 | 67.6 |
| Thailand | ||
| 1947-1948 | 48.7 | 51.9 |
| Union of South Africa | ||
| 1945-1947 (Europeans) | 63.8 | 68.3 |
| 1945-1947 (Asiatics) | 50.7 | 49.8 |
| 1945-1947 (Mixed)º | 41.7 | 44.0 |
| United States | ||
| 1900-1902 (White) | 48.2 | 51.1 |
| 1901-1910 „ | 49.3 | 52.5 |
| 1919-1921 „ | 56.3 | 58.5 |
| 1920-1929 „ | 57.9 | 60.6 |
| 1929-1931 „ | 59.1 | 62.7 |
| 1930-1939 „ | 60.6 | 64.6 |
| 1939-1941 „ | 62.8 | 67.3 |
| 1948 „ | 65.5 | 71.0 |
| 1950 | 66.6 | 72.4 |
| 1900-1902 (Negroes) | 32.5 | 35.0 |
| 1948 „ | 58.1 | 62.5 |
| 1950 „ | 59.2 | 63.2 |
º Mixed and other coloured, not including indigenous population.