London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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This rate is calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 River | 17,661 | 250 | 14.2 |
| No. 2 Brook Green | 25,843 | 319 | 12.3 |
| No. 3 The Grove | 22,971 | 272 | 11.8 |
| No. 4 St. Stephens | 9,240 | 93 | 10.1 |
| No. 5 Starch Green | 22,797 | 276 | 12.1 |
| No. 6 Wormholt | 23,852 | 276 | 11.6 |
| No. 7 College Park and Latimer | 12,136 | 118 | 9.7 |
LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of year. | Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON | 4,602,000 | 18.01 | 0.7 | 11.7* | 67* |
| Paddington | 147,100 | 15.9 | 0.4 | 12.1 | 72 |
| Kensington | 179,600 | 15.8 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 78 |
| Hammersmith | 134,500 | 17.5 | 0.7 | 11.9 | 65 |
| Fulham | 163,700 | 16.9 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 76 |
| Chelsea | 64,820 | 14.4 | 0.4 | 13.6 | 69 |
| City of Westminster | 139,600 | 10.7 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 69 |
| St. Marylebone | 106,100 | 14.1 | 0.5 | 11.6 | 63 |
| Hampstead | 88,040 | 12.0 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 55 |
| St. Pancras | 215,900 | 17.9 | 0.8 | 12.7 | 72 |
| Islington | 339,200 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 63 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,190 | 15.8 | 0.34 | 11.2 | 61 |
| Hackney | 228,300 | 17.9 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 65 |
| Holborn | 43,315 | 12.2 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 63 |
| Finsbury | 77,560 | 22.6 | 0.8 | 13.6 | 60 |
| City of London | 13,340 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 11.8 | 60 |
| Shoreditch | 107,300 | 24.6 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 88 |
| Bethnal Green | 119,800 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 12.0 | 81 |
| Stepney | 255,370 | 21.2 | 0.9 | 11.9 | 73 |
| Poplar | 168,500 | 22.7 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 75 |
| Southwark | 189,000 | 21.2 | 0.9 | 13.1 | 77 |
| Bermondsey | 123,000 | 23.4 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 78 |
| Lambeth | 311,100 | 24.6 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 45 |
| Battersea | 172,100 | 18.5 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 58 |
| Wandsworth | 340,900 | 14.3 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 52 |
| Camber well | 275,400 | 17.7 | 0.5 | 11.1 | 65 |
| Deptford | 115,900 | 18.8 | 0.8 | 12.1 | 63 |
| Greenwich | 103,936 | 18.8 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 70 |
| Lewisham | 185,600 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 55 |
| Woolwich | 140,740 | 18.3 | 0.4 | 10.8 | 55 |
*These provisional figures are taken from a table furnished by the
Registrar-General. Other figures supplied by Medical Officer of Health
of borough concerned.