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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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| Area | 2,282.5 acres |
| Population (1960) (estimated) | 108,290 |
| „ (1959) (estimated) | 108,900 |
| „ Census (1951) | 119,367 |
| Natural increase, i.e., excess of births over deaths | 1,007 |
| Marriages registered | 1,308 |
| Rateable Value (April, 1960) | £2,268,589 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (April, 1960) | £9,200 |
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1,951 | 1,000 | 951 | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident population = 20.4 | ||
| Illegitimate | 261 | 139 | 122 | ||||
| Stillbirths | 37 | 17 | 20 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births = 16.4 | |||
| Deaths | 1,205 | 615 | 590 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated average population= 11.1 | |||
| Deaths from maternal causes—- | |||||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | ||||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | 0.44 | |||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 23 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 24.09 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 11.49 | ||||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 291 | ||||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | - | ||||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||||