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The number of inhabitants per acre has now risen to 36, against
30 for the preceding decade, and 23 for the decade 1871-81.
For the purposes of this report it is necessary, by the directions of
the Local Government Board, to estimate our population to the middle
of 1900, instead of the end of the year, which may therefore be taken
at that period to be 81,230.
Marriages.—The number of marriages celebrated was 551, showing
a decrease of 21 on the previous year.
Births.—The births registered during 1900 were 1,621, an increase
of 45 on the previous year. The birth rate was equal to 20. The birth
rate for the Metropolis was 28.6 per thousand population, the lowest
birth rate hitherto recorded in London.
Deaths.—The deaths registered in the 52 weeks numbered 1,200;
of these however, no less than 372 were those of non-residents who died
in the various hospitals and homes in the Borough. The number of
Hampstead residents who died in the Borough was 828, and to these
we must add the deaths of 94 of our citizens who died in institutions
outside the Borough, making a total of 922. The annual death rate will
be equal to a ratio of ll.3 against 11.2 for 1899, and 11.4 for 1898.
The death rate for London was 18.8, or 7.5 higher than that for
Hampstead. The average death rate for the Metropolis for the last 10
years was 19 .8.
Mortality at different Ages.—The deaths of children under one year
were 170, and after distribution of the deaths occurring in public
institutions, the incidence of infantile mortality was equivalent to 100
per 1,000 births. The Registrar-General states "The lowest proportions
per 1,000 births were, 100 in Hampstead, 107 in St. George, Hanover
Square, 108 in Stoke Newington; the highest proportions were 192 in
Poplar, 228 in Limehouse, and 240 in Holborn."
Special Causes of Death.—The deaths of parishioners from the seven
principal Zymotic diseases, after correction for those of citizens who died
in Hospitals outside our district, are equal to a ratio of l.03 per 1,000
living inhabitants, and rather less than that for the preceding year, which
was equivalent to 119. The ratio for London was 222. The following
table shows the diminution or excess of deaths in 1900 from the seven
principal Zymotic diseases,