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Hampstead 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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POPULATION.
The population of Hampstead at the middle of 1909, was estimated
by the Registrar-General to he 94185.
The Registrar-General's estimate has been adopted in this report,
and it forms the basis upon which the various rates have been calculated.
It is arrived at by assuming that since the last census the population
has increased at the same rate as in the last inter-censal period.
The following is an approximate estimate of the population of the various Wards of the Borough:—
| Ward 1 (Town) | 14560 | |
| „ 2 (Belsize) | 14990 | |
| „ 3 (Adelaide) | 10940 | |
| „ 4 (Central) | 10735 | |
| „ 5 (West End) | 14650 | |
| „ 6 (Kilburn) | 17010 | |
| „ 7 (Priory) | 11300 | |
| The Borough | 94185 | |
The area of the Borough (including the area, twelve acres in extent,
covered by water), is 2265 acres, and the estimated number of persons
to the acre is 41.6. The proportion of persons to the acre at the Census,
1901, was 36.17.
At the Census of 1881 the number of persons per acre was 23;
and in 1891 it was 30.
MARRIAGES.
Acording to the returns of the Registrar-General, 680 marriages
were registered in the Borough during 1909 ; they were distributed in
the four quarters of the year as follows:—
1st quarter 108
2nd „ 197
3rd „ 208
4th „ 167
Total 680