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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 1905
Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough. | Deaths of Noil residents registered in Public Institutions in the Borough. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the Borough. | NettDeaths at all Ages belonging to the Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| Number | Rate* | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| N umber | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number | Rate* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 198 | 130.6 | |||||||||||
| †1899 | ||||||||||||
The figures for this year 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 Borough. 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 Borough 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 Borough 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 Borough in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 2253. Total population at all ages, 81,942.
Number of inhabited houses, 11,294. Average number of persons per house, 7.2. At Census of 1901.