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Hampstead 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: POPULATION. The twelfth Census of the population of the United Kingdom was taken on April 3rd, 1911, and the total number of persons returned as living in Hampstead at midnight on Sunday, April 2nd, 1911, was 85,510. This represents an increase of 3,568 on the total population as ascertained at the Census of 1901, and a rate of increase in the ten years of 4.4 per cent. The following table shows the population o1 Hampstead at each Census year, and the increase in each inter-censal period since the taking of the first English Census in 1801.

POPULATION. The twelfth Census of the population of the United Kingdom was taken on April 3rd, 1911, and the total number of persons returned as living in Hampstead at midnight on Sunday, April 2nd, 1911, was 85,510. This represents an increase of 3,568 on the total population as ascertained at the Census of 1901, and a rate of increase in the ten years of 4.4 per cent. The following table shows the population o1 Hampstead at each Census year, and the increase in each inter-censal period since the taking of the first English Census in 1801.

Census Year.Census Population.Increase of Population per cent, during the ten years.
18014,343—
18115,48326
18217,26332
18318,58818
184110,09317
185111,98618
186119,10459
187132,27168
188145,43640
189168,42550
190181,94220
191185,5104.4

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This table shows that the population of Hampstead increased
considerably in every inter-censal period between 1801 and 1901, the
increase being most marked in the thirty years between 1861 and 1891.
The increase between 1901 and 1911 was comparatively small—the
smallest, in fact, recorded in any decade since the first Census was
taken. It was not anticipated by those acquainted with local conditions
that the rate of increase in the ten years 1891-1901 would be maintained
in the next decade, for comparatively few new houses have
been built since 1901. The Registrar-General, however, based his
estimate of the population on the assumption of an annual rate of
increase equal to the mean rate in the period 1891-1901, and his
estimate, which was 97,288, was found to be considerably in excess
of the actual population.