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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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(c) Deaths
Deaths registered during the year number 2,438. From this figure must
be deducted 890 for non-residents transferred to their home towns. To
counter-balance this must be added a total of 857 residents of the Borough
who died in other parts of England. This gives the corrected figure of
deaths as 2,405 comprising 1,266 males and 1,139 females.
Of the outward transferable deaths, 881 occurred in hospitals within
the Borough.

Table: DEATHS FROM CANCER DURING THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS

DEATHS FROM CANCER DURING THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS

YearPopulationDeathsRate per 1,000 pop.
1955233,3005442.3
1956230,4004982.2
1957227,9005202.3
1958224,9005282.3
1959222,2005522.5
1960221,2505622.5
1961219,5105762.6
1962218,6905692.6
1963217,3605622.6
1964216,9406022.8
1965215,2405722.6
1966213,7706102.8
1967211,7205752.7
1968197,5905812.9
1969192,8105713.0

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(d) Infant Mortality
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age during the year
was 61, giving a mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 18.

Table: INFANT MORTALITY - 1969 and previous fourteen years

INFANT MORTALITY - 1969 and previous fourteen years

YearLive BirthsDeaths of InfantsDeaths of Infants per 1,000 live births
19553,4089728.4
19563,5458423.7
19573,6749525.8
19583,7928121.4
19593,8219424.6
19604,0759122.3
19614,1197418.0
19624,28010123.6
19634,5649721.2
19644,46710222.8
19654,4338619.4
19664,1558219.7
19673,9926516.3
19683,5506819.2
19693,4146118.0

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