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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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The following table shows the Ward and sex-distribution of the live-births, and the birth-rate for each Ward :—
| Ward. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1000 of the population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| No. 1 (Town) | 73 | 79 | 152 | 10.5 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) | 114 | 81 | 195 | 13.8 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) | 46 | 42 | 88 | 9.0 |
| No. 4 (Central) | 31 | 53 | 84 | 8.3 |
| No. 5 (West End) | 119 | 137 | 256 | 19.5 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) | 196 | 189 | 385 | 25.2 |
| No. 7 (Priory) | 59 | 54 | 113 | 11.2 |
| The Borough | 638 | 635 | 1273 | 14.7 |
In connection with this table, a comparison with the death-rates
in Wards, given on page 22 is interesting. It will be seen that
Hampstead depends for its natural increase practically on the West End
and Kilburn Wards; while the Town, Belsize, Central, and Priory
Wards just manage to hold their own, and the Adelaide Ward fails to
do so, the birth rate for that Ward being 9.0, and the death rate 10.2.
Illegitimate Births.
Out of the total of 1,273 births 55, or 43 per 1000, were those of
illegitimate children ; 22 of these were born outside the Borough, chiefly
in lying-in institutions.
I append a table of the illegitimate births occurring in the Borough
for the past twelve years, by which it will be seen that the illegitimate