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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 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1914.
Population estimated to middle of 1914 86,731
Density „ „ „ 8.3 persons per acre
Births 1273
Birth-Rate 14.7
Marriages 825
Marriage Rate 19.0
Deaths 913
Death-Rate 105
Infantile Mortality 72 per 1000 births
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Attack Rate (excluding
Tuberculosis) 6.7
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Death Rate „ 0.26
Death-Rate from the Principal Epidemic Diseases 0.39
Death-Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.66
Death-Rate from All Forms of Tuberculosis 0.82
Census, 1911.
Population 85,495
Buildings used as Dwellings 11,976
Ordinary Dwelling Houses 10,062
Total families or separate occupiers 18,625
Area of Borough 2265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water) 2253 acres