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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 1916
Report for the year 1916 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE VII. Vital Statistics of Hampstead, compared with England and Wales.
| 1875 | 22.6 | 35.4 | 12.5 | 22.7 | 394 | _ |
| 1876 | 24.4 | 36.3 | 15.2 | 20.9 | 367 | — |
| 1877 | 24.0 | 35.0 | 13.7 | 20.3 | 413 | — |
| 1878 | 24.5 | 35 .0 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 409 | — |
| 1879 | 22.8 | 34.7 | 13.2 | 20.7 | 365 | — |
| 1880 | 24.1 | 34.2 | 12.6 | 20.5 | 521 | — |
| 1881 | 23.8 | 33.9 | 12.7 | 18.9 | 502 | — |
| 1882 | 23.6 | 33.8 | 13.0 | 19.6 | 546 | — |
| 1883 | 23.8 | 33.5 | 11.2 | 19.5 | 685 | — |
| 1884 | 22.0 | 33.6 | 12.5 | 19.5 | 554 | — |
| 1885 | 21.2 | 32.9 | 11.5 | 19.0 | 593 | — |
| 1886 | 21.0 | 32.8 | 12.2 | 19.3 | 554 | — |
| 1887 | 21.9 | 31.9 | 11.0 | 18.8 | 628 | — |
| 1888 | 20.5 | 31.2 | 10.6 | 17.8 | 616 | — |
| 1889 | 21.0 | 31.1 | 10.7 | 17.9 | 728 | — |
| 1890 | 21.9 | 30.2 | 13.1 | 19.1 | 613 | — |
| 1891 | 21.5 | 31.4 | 12.2 | 22.5 | 670 | 4.5 |
| 1892 | 20.4 | 30.5 | 12.4 | 19.0 | 591 | 8.0 |
| 1893 | 20.5 | 30.8 | 12.9 | 19.2 | 517 | 111 |
| 1894 | 19.6 | 29.2 | 10.8 | 16.5 | 674 | 6.2 |
| 1895 | 19.8 | 30.2 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 452 | 7.3 |
| 1896 | 19.1 | 29.7. | 12.0 | 17.1 | 546 | 7.8 |
| 1897 | 20.2 | 29.7 | 11.6 | 17.4 | 568 | 5.1 |
| 1898 | 18.1 | 29.4 | 11.4 | 17.6 | 599 | 5.7 |
| 1899 | 19.7 | 29.3 | 11.4 | 18.3 | 650 | 6.0 |
| 1900 | 20.0 | 28.7 | 11.3 | 18.3 | 699 | 5.8 |
| 1901 | 18.3 | 28.5 | 10.6 | 16.9 | 633 | 5.6 |
| 1902 | 18.4 | 28.6 | 11.0 | 16.2 | 612 | *5.6 |
| 1903 | 1 7.4 | 28.4 | 10.1 | 15.4 | 616 | *3.8 |
| 1904 | 17.4 | 27.9 | 10.7 | 16.2 | 553 | *3.6 |
| 1905 | 17.0 | 27.2 | 9.9 | 15.2 | 598 | 3.5 |
| 1906 | 1 7.1 | 27.0 | 10.1 | 15.4 | 587 | 6.6 |
| 1907 | 16.1 | 26.3 | 9.7 | 15.0 | 524 | 5.9 |
| 1908 | 16.6 | 26.5 | 9.5 | 14.7 | 597 | 4.5 |
| 1909 | 16.6 | 25.6 | 9.9 | 14.5 | 489 | 3.8 |
| 1910 | 15.7 | 24.8 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 511 | 2.7 |
| 1911 | 14.9 | 24.4 | 9.9 | 14.6 | 429 | *4.0 |
| 1912 | 14.9 | 23.8 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 420 | 3.7 |
| 1913 | 15.0 | 23.9 | 10.8 | 13.7 | 374 | 4.3 |
| 1914 | 14.7 | 23.8 | 10.5 | 14.0 | 360 | 6.7 |
| 1915 | 15.3 | 21.8 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 333 | *5.1 |
| 1916 | 13.1 | 21.6 | 10.5 | 14.0 | 302 | **14-2 |
° Excluding Chicken-pox, which was notifiable during certain periods of these years.
t Excluding notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 902-1913, and all forms of Tuberculosis
since 1913.
Measles and German Measles became notifiable on 1st January, 1916, and is included in the
rate in the last column. This rate cannot be compared with previous years—excluding
Measles and German Measles the rate is 3 05.