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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 1905, which
amounted to 88,142.
The following is a rough estimate of the population of the various
Wards of the Borough :—
Ward 1 (Town) 13,330
„ 2 (Belsize) 13,840
„ 3 (Adelaide) 10,800
„ 4 (Central) 9,762
„ 5 (West End) 13,580
„ 6 (Kilburn) 15,790
„ 7 (Priory) 11,040
The Borough 88,142
In Table X., page 129, the population of Hampstead is shewn at
each census, from 1801 to 1901, together with the increase per cent.
during the inter-censal periods.
Density of Population.
The area of the Borough is 2265 acres, and the estimated number
of persons to the acre is 38.9. The proportion of persons to the acre at
the Census, 1901, was 36∙17.
It is interesting to note how the density of the population is increasing.
At the Census of 1881 the number of persons per acre was 23; in
1891, 30; and in 1901, 36.
MARRIAGES.
According to the Returns of the Registrar-General, 602 marriages
were registered in the Borough during 1905; they were distributed in
the four quarters of the year as follows:—
1st quarter 97
2nd „ 170
3rd „ 198
4th „ 137
Total 602
This figure, which is equivalent to a rate of 6∙8 per 1000 of the
population, is a decrease on that for the year 1904, when 625 marriages
were registered, or 7∙2 per 1000 of the population.