Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1918 of the Medical Officer of Health
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6
POPULATION.
The following estimates prepared by the Registrar-General of
population have been adopted in this Report for the calculation of the
death-rate and birth-rate of the Borough for the year 1918:—
For the death-rate 71,815
„ birth-rate 80,466
The "death rate population" excludes all non-civilian males, whether
serving at home or abroad. This, it is state 1, is necessary for the
purposes of local death-rates, because it has proved impossible to
transfer the deaths of non-civilians to their areas of residence or to
deal in any other satisfactory manner with the local mortality of this
element in the population.
The "birth-rate (and marriage-rate) population," on the other hand,
is intended to include all the elements of the population contributing to
the birth and marriage rates. It consists therefore of the "death-rate (or
civilian) population "plus all non-civilians enlisted from this Borough,
whether serving at home or abroad.
For the first year on record Hampstead had no natural increase in
population, i.e., excess of births over deaths; the number of nett
deaths exceeding the nett births by 132.
I have prepared the following estimates of the population of each Ward based upon the figures quoted above:—
Ward. | Estimated Population for calculating death rate. | Estimated Population for calculating birth-rate and marriage rate |
---|---|---|
No. 1 (Town) | 11600 | 13000 |
fro. 2 (Belsize) | 11500 | 12900 |
No. 3 (Adelaide) | 8315 | 9366 |
No. 4 (Central) | 8300 | 9200 |
No. 5 (West End) | 10800 | 12000 |
No. 6 (Kilburn) | 12500 | 14000 |
No. 7 (Priory) | 8800 | 10000 |
The Borough | 71815 | 80466 |