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Hampstead 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE I. Vital Statistics of whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Insti-tutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents regis-tered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | Number | Rate.* | |||||||
| Number | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1893 | 72608 | 1495 | 20.5 | 166 | 111.0 | 1452 | 19.9 | 695 | 605 | 91 | 938 | 12.9 |
| †l894 | 73503 | 1472 | 20.0 | 177 | 120.2 | 1323 | 17.9 | 667 | 581 | 56 | 798 | 10.8 |
| 1895 | 74399 | 1453 | 19.8 | 203 | 139.7 | 1265 | 17.0 | 476 | 403 | 69 | 931 | 13.4 |
| 1896 | 76216 | 1462 | 19.1 | 187 | 127.9 | 1308 | 17.1 | 548 | 472 | 80 | 916 | 12.0 |
| 1897 | 78549 | 1479 | 20.0 | 193 | 130.4 | 1219 | 15.5 | 472 | 397 | 89 | 911 | 11.6 |
| 1898 | 80623 | 1516 | 18.1 | 198 | 130.6 | 1296 | 16.0 | 552 | 460 | 81 | 917 | 11.4 |
| †l899 | 80926 | 1576 | 19.5 | 206 | 130.7 | 1262 | 15.5 | 487 | 398 | 62 | 926 | 11.4 |
| 1900 | 81230 | 1621 | 20.0 | 170 | 104.8 | 1200 | 14.7 | 458 | 372 | 94 | 922 | 11.3 |
| 1901 | 82280 | 1506 | 18.3 | 155 | 102.0 | 1196 | 14.5 | 532 | 424 | 101 | 873 | 10.6 |
| 1902 | 83743 | 1516 | 18.1 | 155 | 102.2 | 1199 | 14.3 | 482 | 390 | 95 | 904 | 10.7 |
| Averages for years 1893-1902 | 78407 | 1509 | 19.2 | 181 | 119.8 | 1272 | 16.2 | 536 | 450 | 81 | 903 | 11.5 |
| 1903 | 85197 | 1453 | 17.05 | 155 | 106.7 | 1049 | 12.3 | 424 | 312 | 100 | 837 | 9.8 |
† The figures for these years have been corrected. * Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district or division. The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there ; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually
received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect
of the deaths in which corrections have been made is given on the next page.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 2253. Total population at all ages, 81,942.} At Census of
Number of inhabited houses, 11,294. Average number of persons per house, 7.2. 1901.