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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 1918
Report for the year 1918 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section A.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
BOROUGH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1918.
for Birth-Rate 80,466
Population estimated to middle of 1918 for Death_Rate 71.815
Density 31.7 persons per acre
Births 895
Birth Rate 11.1
Marriages 745
Marriage-Rate 9.2
Deaths 1027
Death-Rate 143
Infantile Mortality 77
Death-Rate from the Principal Epidemic Disease 0.40
Death-Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1.04
Death-Rate from All Forms of Tuberculosis 1.24
Census, 1911.
Population 85,495
Buildings used as Dwellings 11,976
Average number of persons per house 71
Ordinary Dwelling Houses 10,062
Average number of persons per house 6-7
Area of Borough 2265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water) 2253 acres