Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1925.
General Statistics.
Area 2,282.5 acres
Population (1925) 134,500
Population Census (1901) 112,239
(1911) 121,521
(1921) 130,287
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births
over deaths 743
Density of population 58.9 persons
per acre
Marriages registered 1,127
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 17,402
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1921) 33,263
Rateable value (1925) £970,187
Sum represented by a penny rate, 1925 £4,042
Vital Statistics.
Births (legitimate) 2,232
,, (illegitimate) 119
Deaths (corrected) 1,604
birth rate 17.5
death rate 11.9
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth
from sepsis 6 from other causes 7
Deaths of infants under one year of
age per 1,000 births 65
Legitimate, 63 Illegitimate, 101
Deaths from measles (all ages) 6
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) 32
Deaths from diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 30
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
DISTRICT.
Population.—According to the Census of 1901, the population
of the Borough was then 112,239. By the Census of
1911 the population for the same area was 121,521, showing
an increase during the 10 years of 9,282. The Census of 1921
shows the population of the Borough to be 130,287, being an
increase in the 10 years of 8,766.
In this report the rates are calculated on the estimated
population up to the middle of the year.