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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 1919

Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health

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5
Section A.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE
BOROUGH.

Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1919.

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1919.

Population estimated to middle of 1919for Birth-Rate91,682
for Death Rate88,012
Density38.9 persons per acre
Marriages777
Marriage-Rate17.0
Births1,156
Birth-Rate12.6
Deaths1,036
Death Rate11.8
Infantile Mortality83
Death-Rate from the principal Epidemic Disease0.16
Death-Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis0.64
Death-Rate from All Forms of Tuberculosis0.82

Table: Census, 1911.

Census, 1911.

Population85,495
Buildings used as Dwellings11,976
Average number of persons per house7.1
Ordinary Dwelling Houses10,062
Average number of persons per house6.7
Area of Borough2265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water)2253 acres