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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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GENERAL STATISTICS— 1953
| Area | 2,282.5 acres |
| Population (1953) (estimated) | 117,600 |
| „ (1952) (estimated) | |
| „ Census (1951) | 119,367 |
| Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths | 543 |
| Marriages registered | |
| Rateable value (April, 1953) | £1,271,109 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1953) | £5,447 |
EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS—1953
| Live Births | Total | M. | F. | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population = 14.9 | |||
| Legitimate | 1,610 | 833 | 777 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 140 | 76 | 64 | ||||
| Stillbirths | 44 | 23 | 21 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births = 24.5 | |||
| Deaths | 1,207 | 672 | 5.35 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated average population = 10.3 | |||
| Deaths from maternal causes— | |||||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | ||||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 3 | 1.67 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 1.67 | |||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age: — | |||||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 20 | ||||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births . | 21.73 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | Nil | ||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 222 | ||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | — | ||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||||