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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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resident persons, and, after subtracting these, the number of deaths of
civilian Hampstead residents who died outside the Borough is added.
The total nett deaths during 1919 was 1,036, or 11.8 per 1000 of the
population, as compared with 14.3 in the preceding year.
The following are the death-rates per 1000 of the population for each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales:—
| No. 1 (Town) Ward | 12.0 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) „ | 11.3 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) „ | 12.8 |
| No. 4 (Central) „ | 11.5 |
| No. 5 (West End) „ | 10.5 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) „ | 12.9 |
| No. 7 (Priory) „ | 11.1 |
| The Borough | 118 |
| London | 13.4 |
| England and Wales | 13.8 |
In the table on page 111 the death-rates of Hampstead may be
compared with those of England and Wales since 1891.
The following table shows the death-rate of Hampstead as compared
with the rates of the County of London, and the Metropolitan
Cities and Boroughs:—