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Hampstead 1911
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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It follows, therefore, that even in a census year the population
which serves as a basis for the vital statistics of the year is an
estimated, not an enumerated population.
The population of Hampstead at the middle of 1911 was estimated
by the Registrar-General to be 85,599, and this estimate has been
adopted in this Report, and it forms the basis upon which the various
rates have been calculated.
At the time of writing the complete census returns for London have not been issued, and I am unable, therefore, to give the enumerated populations of the various wards. The following, however, is an approximate estimate of the population of each ward at the middle of
| 1911 :— | |
| Ward 1 (Town) | 13820 |
| „ 2 (Belsize) | 13780 |
| ,. 3 (Adelaide) | 9950 |
| ,, 4 (Central) | 9859 |
| ,, 5 (West End) | 12850 |
| „ 6 (Kilburn) | 14920 |
| „ 7 (Priory) | 10420 |
| The Borough | 85599 |
The area of the Borough (including the area, twelve acres in extent,
covered by water) is 2,265 acres, and the estimated number of persons
to the acre is 37"8. The proportion of persons to the acre at the census
1901 was 30" 17.
At the census of 1881 the number of persons per acre was 23,
and in 1891 it was 30.