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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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GENERAL STATISTICS - 1956
Area 2,282.5 acres
Population (1956) (estimated)113,300
„ (1955) (estimated) 114.700
" Census ( 1951) 119 367
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths 529
Marriages registered 1,288
Rateable Value (April, 1956) £2,218,926
Sum represented by a penny rate (April. 1956) £8.900
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate 1,637 / | 817 | 820 | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population s 15.9 |
| Illegitimate 173 | 94 | 79 | ||
| Stillbirths 44 | 27 | 17 | Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births .23.7 | |
| Deaths 1,281 | 671 | 610 | Death Rate per ls 000 estimated average population s 11.3 | |
| Deaths from maternal causes | Nil | |||
| Death Bate of Infants under one year of age:- | ||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 21 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.99 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 17.34 | |||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 229 | |||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - | |||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | |||