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Hampstead 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The total number of persons married in Hampstead during 1909
was 1-360, which is equivalent to a rate of 14.4 per 1000 of the
population, and is an increase on that for the year 1908, when the
marriages of 1244 persons were registered, equivalent to a rate of 13.4
per 1000 of the population.
The following Table gives the marriage rates for the years 1899—1908, and the average rate for the decade:—
| Year. | No. of persons married per 1000 of the population. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 14.0 | |
| 1900 | 13.4 | |
| 1901 | 13.2 | |
| 1902 | 15.0 | |
| 1903 | 14.0 | |
| 1904 | 14.4 | |
| 1905 | 13.6 | |
| 1906 | 12.9 | |
| 1907 | 14.2 | |
| 1908 | 13.4 | |
| Average for the decade | 13.8 | |
| 1909 | 14.4 | |
BIRTHS.
During the year, 1282 births were registered in Hampstead, a
decrease of 73 as compared with the number, 1355, registered in the
previous year. Of the total births 6.36 were of male, and 646 of female
children.
The births registered in Hampstead do not comprise the total births
belonging to Hampstead that occurred during the year. Forty-six
births of children whose mothers were Hampstead residents occurred in
1909 in the principal lying-in institutions in other metropolitan
boroughs, and the total number of births belonging to Hampstead was
1328; and in accordance with the practice of the Registrar-General,
I have taken this number as a basis for the various rates that depend on
the number of births occurring during the year.