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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section A.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE
BOROUGH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1920.
Population estimated to middle of 1920 91,519
Density 40.4 persons per acre
Marriages 859
Marriage-Rate 16.6
Births 1,566
Birth-Rate 17.1
Deaths 860
Death Rate 9.4
Deaths of Infants under 1 year 75
Infantile Mortality Rate 47.9
Death Rate from the principal Epidemic Diseases 0.27
Death-Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.45
Death-Rate from All Forms of Tuberculosis 0.60
Census, 1911.
Population 85,495
Buildings used as Dwellings 11,976
Average number of persons per house 7.1
Ordinary Dwelling Houses 10,062
Average number of persons per house 6.7
Area of Borough 2265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water) 2253 acres