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Hampstead 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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births of children whose mothers were Hampstead residents occurred in
the principal lying-in institutions, etc., in other metropolitan boroughs,
and six of the births registered in Hampstead belonged to other
districts, and should be deducted from the total. This information is
supplied to me by the Registrar-General. After these corrections have
been made, the total number of births belonging to Hampstead is
found to be 1281, and, in accordance with the practice of the RegistrarGeneral,
I have taken this number as a basis for the various rates that
depend on the number of births occurring during the year.
Illegitimate Births.—Out of the total of 1,281 births 76, or 59 per
1000, were those of illegitimate children.
For purposes of comparison, I append a table of the illegitimate births occurring in the Borough for the past ten years, by which it will be seen that the illegitimate births in 1912 are approximately double those in any preceding year yet recorded.
| Year | Number of illegitimate births. | Illegitimate birth-rate per 1000 births registered. |
|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 39 | 25.7 |
| 1903 | 42 | 28.9 |
| 1904 | 42 | 29.1 |
| 1905 | 35 | 24.6 |
| 1906 | 34 | 24.0 |
| 1907 | 43 | 32.0 |
| 1908 | 29 | 21.0 |
| 1909 | 43 | 33.0 |
| 1910 | 36 | 28.0 |
| 1911 | 37 | 29.0 |
Birth-Rate.
The birth-rate calculated on the number of births registered in
the Borough was 14.2 per 1000 of the population, as compared with
the rate of 14.0 per 1000 in 1911, and 15.8, the average for the years
1907—1911. But when the birth-rate is calculated on the total number
of births belonging to Hampstead, including those that took place
without as well as within the Borough, and excluding those taking
place in the Borough but belonging to other districts, the rate is found
to be 14.9. Thus the years 1911 and 1912 record an exactly similar