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Hampstead 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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POPULATION.
The population of the Borough at the middle of the year 1920 was
estimated by the Register-General to have been 91,519.
This figure is, of course, an estimate only ; and I feel sure it is an
under-estimate of the population of the Borough at the middle of 1920,
and the coming Census, which is to be taken on 19th June, 1921, will
be of great assistance in arriving at correct figures. The last Census
was taken in 1911. When the population was rationed in November,
1919, upwards of 96,000 people were put upon rations, and this did not
include certain militarv population.
Never within my experience of the Borough has it been so populous
as to-day. It would not, therefore, surprise me if the population of the
Borough proved to be upwards of 100,000.
The natural increase in population, i.e., excess of births over deaths,
was 706.
I have prepared the following estimates of the population of each Ward, but in view of the length of time that has elapsed since the last Census, and of the intervening disturbances, these figures can only be regarded as rough estimates.
| Ward. | Estimated Population |
|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | 14600 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) | 14500 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) | 10900 |
| No. 4 (Central) | 10719 |
| No. 5 (West End) | 13600 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) | 15700 |
| No. 7 (Priory) | 11500 |
| The Borough | 91519 |
Physical Features and General Character of the Borough.
Physically, Hampstead is a hilly district, varying in height from
100 feet above sea-level at Chalk Farm to 438 feet at the Flagstaff at
the summit of the Heath. Though consisting of a large elevation in