Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section 2.
EXTRACTS PROM VITAL STATISTICS OP
THE YEAR.
MARRIAGES.
According to the return kindly furnished to me by the Superintendent
Registrar of Hampsted, it appears that 718 marriages were
registered in the Borough during 1922, as compared with 708 in the
preceding year.
The following Table gives the marriage rates per 1,000 of the population for the years 1911-1921 : —
1912 | 15.0 | 1917 | 18.7 |
1913 | 14.9 | 1918 | 18.5 |
1914 | 19.0 | 1919 | 17.0 |
1915 | 23.2 | 1920 | 16.6 |
1916 | 17.8 | 1921 | 16.3 |
1922 | 16.5 |
BIRTHS. In the following Table the births for 1922 have been analysed according to sex, etc.:—
BIRTHS. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate. | Illegitimate | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegimate. | Total. | |
Registered in the Borough | 649 | 35 | 684 | 662 | 36 | 698 | 1311 | 71 | 1382 |
Number who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead | 124 | 13 | 137 | 144 | 17 | 161 | 268 | 30 | 298 |
Number occurring outside the Borough whose mothers were Hampstead residents | 70 | 18 | 88 | 97 | 21 | 118 | 167 | 39 | 206 |
Net number belonging to Hampgtead, 1922 | 595 | 40 | 635 | 615 | 40 | 655 | 1210 | 80 | 1290 |
Net Births, 1921 | 632 | 48 | 680 | 627 | 35 | 662 | 1259 | 83 | 1341 |