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Hampstead 1909

Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The following table shows the Ward and sex-distribution of the births, and the birth-rate for each Ward:—

The following table shows the Ward and sex-distribution of the births, and the birth-rate for each Ward:—

Ward.Births.Birth rate per 1000 of the population.
Males.Females.Total.
No. 1 (Town)9410219613.5
No. 2 (Belsize)1059920413.6
No. 3 (Adelaide)3944837.6
No. 4 (Central)585811610.8
No. 5 (West End)13010923916.3
No. 6 (Kilburn)15718434120.0
No. 7 (Priory)767314913.2
The Borough659669132813.9

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The Natural Increase of the population, i.e. the excess of births
over deaths, was 489 in 1909.
DEATHS.
The total deaths occurring in Hampstead during the year amounted
to 1057. Of these, however, no less than 334 were of persons not
belonging to the Borough, while 116 residents of Hampstead died in
outlying districts.
The total number of deaths, therefore, amongst persons belonging
to Hampstead amounted to 839.
Death-rate.
The death-rate, calculated upon the total number of deaths (whether
of resident or non-resident persons) occurring in the Borough during
the year, was 11.1 per 1000 of the population; but after subtracting
from the total deaths registered the deaths of non-resident persons dying
in Hampstead, and adding the deaths of Hampstead residents who died
outside the district, the recorded death-rate is found to be 8-9 per
1000 of the population, as compared with the rate of 8.5 per 1000 of
the population in 1908. The average recorded death-rate for the 10
years 1899-1908 was 10.0.