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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
Hampstead 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE I.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the Borough. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the Borough. | Nett Deaths at all Agesbelonging to theBorough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N limber. | Rate.1 | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Birtlisregistered | Number. | Rate* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1899 | 80926 | 1576 | 19.5 | 206 | 130.7 | 1262 | 15.5 | 487 | 398 | 62 | 926 | 11.4 |
| 1900 | 81230 | 1621 | 20.0 | 170 | 104.8 | 1200 | 14.7 | 458 | 372 | 94 | 922 | 11.3 |
| 1901 | 82280 | 1506 | 18.3 | 155 | 102.0 | 1196 | 14.5 | 532 | 421 | 101 | 873 | 10.6 |
| 1902 | 83743 | 1516 | 18.0 | 155 | 102.2 | 1199 | 14.3 | 482 | 390 | 95 | 904 | 10.7 |
| 1903 | 85197 | 1453 | 17.0 | 155 | 106.7 | 1049 | 12.3 | 424 | 312 | 100 | 837 | 9.8 |
| 1904 | 86663 | 1445 | 16.7 | 200 | 138.0 | 1135 | 13.1 | 455 | 338 | 95 | 892 | 10.3 |
| 1905 | 88142 | 1421 | 16.1 | 169 | 118.9 | 1089 | 12.3 | 464 | 350 | 84 | 823 | 9.3 |
| 1906 | 89633 | 1437 | 16.0 | 139 | 96.8 | 1104 | 12.3 | 494 | 364 | 110 | 9o0 | 9.5 |
| 1907 | 01137 | 1341 | 14.7 | 114 | 85.0 | 1056 | 11.6 | 472 | 331 | 91 | 817 | 9.0 |
| 1908 | 92654 | 1355 | 14.4 | 104 | 76.7 | 995 | 10.6 | 442 | 311 | 119 | 803 | 8.5 |
| Averages for years 1899-1908 | 86160 | 1467 | 17.0 | 157 | 107.0 | 1128 | 13.1 | 471 | 359 | 95 | 864 | 10.0 |
| 1909 | 94185 | 1282 | 13.6 | 111 | 92.8 | 1057 | 11.1 | 466 | 334 | 116 | 839 | 8.9 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note. The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the
Borough. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10, and the addition of
the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the Borough on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions
there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the Borough on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in
public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account
of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections
have been made is given on the following pages.
Area of Borough in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 2253. Total population of all ages, 81,942. At Census
Number of inhabited houses, 11,294. Average number of persons per house, 7.2. of 1901.