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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 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1908.
Population estimated to middle of 1908 92,654
Density 40.9 persons per acre
Births 1,400
Birth-Rate 14.9
Marriages 622
Marriage-Rate 13.4
Deaths 803
Death-Rate 8.5
Infantile Mortality 69 per 1000 births
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Attack-Rate 4.1
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Death-Rate 0.21
Death-Rate from the Seven Principal Epidemic Diseases 0.40
Population at Census, 1901 81,942
Inhabited Houses ,, ,, 11,294
Area of Borough 2,265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water) 2,253 acres
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