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Hampstead 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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POPULATION.
Estimated Population.
For the purpose of calculating the death and other rates, the
population employed is that estimated to the middle of 1903, and by the
usual method of computation, that amounted to 85,197.
The following is an estimate of the population of the various Wards of the Borough:—
| Ward 1 (Town) | 12,550 |
| „ 2 (Belsize) | 13,520 |
| „ 3 (Adelaide) | 10,600 |
| „ 4 (Central) | 9,357 |
| „ 5 (West End) | 12,850 |
| „ 6 (Kilburn) | 15,370 |
| „ 7 (Priory) | 10,950 |
| The whole Borough | 85,197 |
Density of Population.
The area of the Borough is 2265 acres, and the estimated number
of persons to the acre is 37.6. The proportion of persons to the acre at
the Census, 1901, was 36.17 of the estimated population. As compared
with the other Metropolitan Boroughs in Table VIII., page 125, Hampstead
stood fifth on the list.
It will be seen on reference to Table VII., page 124, that the average
number of persons per house in the Borough at the Census, 1901, was
7.25. I would point out, however, that for Census purposes a block of
model dwellings or residential mansions is counted as a single house,
whatever may be the number of separate tenements contained therein.
| 1st quarter | 105 | |
| 2nd „ | 161 | |
| 3rd „ | 194 | |
| 4th „ | 137 | |
| Total | 597 | |