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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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GENERAL STATISTICS-1955
| Area | 2,282.5 acres |
| Population (1955) (estimated) | 114,700 |
| „ (1954) (estimated) | 116,500 |
| „ Census (1951) | 119,367 |
| Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths | 462 |
| Marriages registered | 1,375 |
| Rateable value (April, 1955) | £1,298,748 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1955) | £5, 310 |
EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS-1955
| Total | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | (Legitimate ( | 1,574 | 818 | 756) ) | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated | |
| (Illegitimate | 133 | 67 | 66) | resident population=14.8 | ||
| Stillbirths | 42 | 21 | 21 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births =24.0 | ||
| Deaths | 1,245 | 683 | 562 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated average population =10.8 | ||
| Deaths from maternal causes- | Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (Live and still) births. | ||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 2 | 1.14 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 1.14 | ||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:- | ||||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 30 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 30.49 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 22,55 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 269 | |||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - | |||||
| „ „ whooping Cough (all ages) | - | |||||