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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Once more the principal causes of death during 1960 were
diseases of the heart and cancer.
In the Statistical Supplement will be found a detailed analysis
of deaths from carcinoma of the lungs during recent years.
(e) Infant Mortality
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age during
the year was 50 giving a mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 23
as compared with 27 last year.
(f) Maternal Mortality
There was 1 maternal death during the year, resulting in a
death rate of 0.44 per 1,000 live and still-births.