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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 VIII. Vital Statistics of Hampstead, compared with England and Wales.
| Year. | Birth rate per 1000. | Natural increase Hampstead. | Seven PrincipalEpidemic Diseases death rate per 1000. | Notifiable Infectious disease rate per 1000. Hampstead. | General death rate per 1000. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead. | Englandand Wales. | Hampstead. | Englandand Wales. | Hampstead. | England and Wales. | |||
| 1875 | 22.6 | 35.4 | 394 | — | 3.4 | — | 12.5 | 22.7 |
| 1876 | 24.4 | 36.3 | 367 | — | 3.1 | — | 15.2 | 20.9 |
| 1877 | 24.0 | 35.0 | 413 | — | 2.7 | — | 13.7 | 20.3 |
| 1878 | 24.5 | 35.6 | 409 | — | 3.4 | — | 14.8 | 21.6 |
| 1879 | 22.8 | 34.7 | 365 | — | 1.9 | — | 13.2 | 20.7 |
| 1880 | 24.1 | 34.2 | 521 | 1.2 | 3.3 | — | 12.6 | 20.5 |
| 1881 | 23.8 | 33.9 | 502 | 2.0 | 2.3 | — | 12.7 | 18.9 |
| 1882 | 23.6 | 33.8 | 546 | 2.2 | 2.7 | — | 13.0 | 19.6 |
| 1883 | 23.8 | 33.5 | 685 | 1.8 | 2.3 | — | 11.2 | 19.5 |
| 1884 | 22.0 | 33.6 | 554 | 1.9 | 2.8 | — | 12.5 | 19.5 |
| 1885 | 21.2 | 32.9 | 593 | 1.4 | 2.2 | — | 11.5 | 19.0 |
| 1886 | 21.0 | 32.8 | 554 | 1.2 | 2.4 | — | 12.2 | 19.3 |
| 1887 | 21.9 | 31.9 | 628 | 1.1 | 2.4 | — | 11.0 | 18.8 |
| 1888 | 20.5 | 31.2 | 616 | 1.0 | 1.8 | — | 10.6 | 17.8 |
| 1889 | 21.0 | 31.1 | 728 | 0.95 | 2.2 | — | 10.7 | 17.9 |
| 1890 | 21.9 | 30.2 | 613 | 1.5 | 2.1 | — | 13.1 | 19.1 |
| 1891 | 21.5 | 31.4 | 670 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 12.2 | 22.5 |
| 1892 | 20.4 | 30.5 | 591 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 12.4 | 19.0 |
| 1893 | 20.5 | 30.8 | 547 | 1.3 | 2.47 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 19.2 |
| 1894 | 19.6 | 29.6 | 674 | 1.4 | 1.76 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 16.6 |
| 1895 | 19.8 | 30.2 | 452 | 1.0 | 2.14 | 7.3 | 13.4 | 18.7 |
| 1896 | 19.1 | 29.7 | 546 | 1.8 | 2.18 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 17.1 |
| 1897 | 20.2 | 29.7 | 568 | 1.1 | 2.15 | 5.1 | 11.6 | 17. 4 |
| 1898 | 18.1 | 29.4 | 599 | 1.4 | 2.22 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 17.6 |
| 1899 | 19.7 | 29.3 | 650 | 1.1 | 2.21 | 6.0 | 11.4 | 18.3 |
| 1900 | 20.0 | 28.7 | 699 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 11.3 | 18.3 |
| 1901 | 18.3 | 28.5 | 633 | 0.77 | 2.05 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 16.9 |
| 1902 | 18.1 | 28.6 | 612 | 0.69 | 1.64 | *5.4 | 10.7 | 16.3 |
| 1903 | 17.0 | 28.4 | 616 | 0.49 | 1.46 | *3.8 | 9.8 | 15.4 |
| 1904 | 16.7 | 27.9 | 553 | 0.55 | 1.94 | *3.5 | 10.3 | 16.2 |
| 1905 | 16.1 | 27.2 | 598 | 0.43 | 1.52 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 15.2 |
| 1906 | 16.0 | 27.0 | 587 | 0.55 | 1.73 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 15.4 |
| 1907 | 14.7 | 26.3 | 524 | 0.45 | 1.26 | 9.0 | 15.0 | |
| 1908 | 14.9 | 26.5 | 597 | 0.40 | 1.29 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 14.7 |
| 1909 | 13.9 | 25.6 | 489 | 0.52 | 1.12 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 14.5 |
* Excluding Chicken-pox.