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Hampstead 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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POPULATION.
The population of Hampstead at the middle of 1906 was
estimated by the Registrar-General to be 89,633.
The Registrar-General's estimate has been adopted in this
report, and it forms the basis upon which the various rates have
been calculated.
The following is an approximate estimate of the population of the various Wards of the Borough :—
| Ward 1 (Town) | 13,590 |
| „ 2 (Belsize) | 14,190 |
| „ 3 (Adelaide) | 10,840 |
| „ 4 (Central) | 10,123 |
| „ 5 (West End) | 13,790 |
| „ 6 (Kilburn) | 16,030 |
| „ 7 (Priory) | 11,070 |
| The Borough | 89,633 |
The area of the Borough (excluding the area, twelve acres in
extent, covered by water), is 2253 acres, and the estimated number
of persons to the acre is 39.8. The proportion of persons to the
are at the Census, 1901, was 36.17.
At the Census ot 1881 the number of persons per acre was 23;
and in 1891 it was 30.
| 1st quarter | 81 |
| 2nd „ | 147 |
| 3rd „ | 208 |
| 4th „ | 142 |
| Total | 578 |
The total number of persons married in Hampstead during 1906
was 1156, which is equivalent to a rate of 12.9 per 1000 of the
population, and is a decrease on that for the year 1905, when the
marriages of 1204 persons were registered, equivalent to a rate of
13.6 per 1000 of the population.