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The following are the birth rates per 1,000 of the population for
each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales :—
No. 1 (Town) Ward 14.2
No. 2 (Belsize) ,, 14.6
No. 3 (Adelaide) ,, 14.7
No. 4 (Central) „ 12.2
No. 5 (West End) „ 19.7
No. 6 (Kilburn) ,, 26.0
No. 7 (Priory) „ 15.4
The Borough 17.1
London 26.5
England and Wales 25.4
The excess of male children born over female children has been
most pronounced during 1920 ; the total excess amounting to 104. This
increase is in consonance with the excess of male children over female
children born in the whole country in recent years ; and which has
accompanied the close of the War.
The birth rate for 1920 shows a marked increase over that for
recent years. For many years the birth rate has steadily declined from
the highest rate 24.5 recorded in 1878; the lowest being 11.1 in 1918.
Such a high birth rate as the year under review has not been achieved
since 1906, when a similar rate was recorded.
In the Table on page 112 the birth-rates of Hampstead may be
compared with those of England and Wales since 1891.
Illegitimate Births.
Of the 1,594 births registered in the Borough 41 were of illegitimate
children.
Of the total 1,566 nett births belonging to Hampstead, 88 or 56
per 1,000 births registered were those of illegitimate children. 55 of
these were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions,
while 8 occurring within the Borough were considered not to be
Hampstead children. The rate per 1000 births in 1919 was 101.
This subject is referred to in the Section relating to Maternity and
Child Welfare.