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REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Vestry Hall,
Hampstead, N.W.
June 3Qth, 1898.
To the Vestry of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead.
Gentlemen,
The estimated population of the Parish of Hampstead in the
middle of the year 1897 is 78,549, being an increase of 2,333 over the
previous year.
During 1897, 395 houses and residential flats came into occupation,
of which 83 were situated in the Town Ward, 104 in the Belsize Ward,
4 in the Adelaide Ward, 93 in the Kilburn Ward, and 111 in the West
End Ward.
Births.—The births registered during 1897 were 1,479, an increase
of 17 on the previous year. The birth-rate was equal to 20, rather
above that for the preceding year. The birth-rate for London was
30 per 1,000 population. This is the lowest London birth-rate on
record.

Deaths.—The deaths registered in the year 1897 numbered 1219.
Of this total 397 were deaths within the district of non-parishioners
who died in the various hospitals and institutions. The number of