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the London clay, a large portion of the Borough is sand, this sand
capping the top of the Hampstead Hill and being in places 80 feet deep.
This cap of sand is known as the Bagshot sands and is a continuation
of a huge stretch of sand which is found over a large portion of Surrey'
Hampshire and Berkshire.
It is one of the healthiest and most popular districts around London
for private residence; it is almost entirely residential, the greater
portion being composed of well-to-do people, with two districts situated
on the east and west composed almost entirely of the working classes.
The atmosphere is dry and bracing, and the prevailing winds southwest
and mild.
MARRIAGES.
According to the return kindly furnished to me by the Superintendent
Registrar of Hampstead, it appears that 859 marriages were
registered in the Borough during 1920, as compared with 777 in the
preceding year.

BIRTHS.
During the year 1,594 births—837 males and 757 females—were
registered in Hampstead, as compared with 1,064 registered in the
previous year. Of the 1,594 births, 134 males and 137 females—were
of children who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead. In
addition, 243 births of children—132 males and 111 females—whose
mothers were Hampstead residents, occurred outside the Borough in
Lying-in Institutions, &c.
The nett number of births belonging to Hampstead was therefore
1,566—835 males and 731 females—as compared with 1,156 in 1919,
and being an increase of no less than 410.