Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health.

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1922]
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Credit: Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 The following Table gives the marriage rates per 1,000 of the population for the years 1911-1921 :— 1911 16.3 1916 17.8 1912 15.0 1917 18.7 1913 14.9 1918 18.5 1914 19.0 1919 17.0 1915 23.2 1920 16.6 1921 16.3 BIRTHS. During the year 1,498 births—761 males and 737 females—were registered in Hampstead, as compared with 1,594 registered in the previous year. Of the 1,498 births,—180 males and 171 females—were of children who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead. In addition, 195 births of children—99 males and 96 females—whose mothers were Hampstead residents, occurred outside the Borough in Lying-in Institutions, &c. The nett number of births belonging to Hampstead was, therefore, 1,342—680 males and 662 females—as compared with 1,566 in 1920, and being a decrease of no less than 224. These births were dis tributed among the various Wards as follows:—No. 1 (Town) 178, No. 2 (Belsize) 197, No. 3 (Adelaide) 133, No. 4 (Central) 112, No. 5 (West End) 211, No. 6 (Kilburn) 364, and No. 7 (Priory) 147. The following are the birth rates per 1,000 of the population for each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales :— No. 1 (Town) Ward 12.5 No. 2 (Belsize) ,, 14.1 No. 3 (Adelaide) ,, 13.3 No. 4 (Central) „ 11.1 No. 5 (West End) „ 16.2 No. 6 (Kilburn) „ 24.1 No. 7 (Priory) „ 14.0 The Borough 15.4 London 22.3 England and Wales 22.4