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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 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1906.
Population estimated to middle of 1906 89,633
Density 39-8 persons per acre
Births 1,437
Birth-Rate 16.0
Marriages 578
Marriage-Rate 12.9
Deaths of " Residents" 850
Death-Rate 9.5
Infantile Mortality 77.2 per 1000 births
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Attack-Rate 6.2
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Death Rate 0.25
Death Rate from the Seven Principal Epidemic Diseases 0.55
Population at Census, 1901 81,942
Inhabited Houses 11,294
Area of Borough 2,265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water) 2,253 acres