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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1903

Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Illegitimate birth rate. The following are the illegitimate birth rates for the various Wards and the whole Borough, after the distribution referred to:–

Illegitimate birth rate. The following are the illegitimate birth rates for the various Wards and the whole Borough, after the distribution referred to:–

WARD.Illegitimate Birth Rate, per 1000 births.
No. 1 (Town)36.08
No. 2 (Belsize)42.65
No. 3 (Adelaide)42.10
No. 4 (Central)30.30
No. 5 (West End)16.46
No. 6 (Kilburn)26.37
No. 7 (Priory)20.61
The whole Borough28.90

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The illegitimate birth rate for the year 1902 in the whole Borough,
was 25.7 per 1000 births.
DEATHS.
The total deaths registered during the year amounted to 1049. Of
these, however, no less than 312 were of persons not belonging to the
Borough, while 100 residents of Hampstead died in outlying districts.
The total number of deaths, therefore, amongst persons belonging
to Hampstead amounted to 837.
Table IV., page 120, affords all available information as to the
causes of deaths of persons belonging to the Borough.
The following Chart shews the number of deaths of persons
resident in, or belonging to, the Borough, occurring during each week
of 1903.