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Hampstead 1923
Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Population.
In accordance with the prevailing custom, I have adopted the
Registrar-General's estimate of the population for the purposes of this
Report, and this was calculated to have been 87,410 at the middle of the
year 1923.
I have prepared the following estimates, based upon the Census figures, of the population of each Ward.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. |
|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | 13,000 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) | 14,050 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) | 10,500 |
| No. 4 (Central) | 9,610 |
| No. 5 (West End) | 13,700 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) | 15,800 |
| No. 7 (Priory) | 10,750 |
| The Borough | 87,410 |
The sex percentages at the Census of 1921 were 38.6 males
and 61.4 females.
Marriages.
According to the return kindly furnished to me by the Superintendent
Registrar of Hampstead, it appears that 684 marriages were
registered in the Borough during 1923, as compared with 718 in the
preceding year.
The following Table gives the marriage rates per 1,000 of the population for the years 1911-1921:—
| 1913 | 14.9 |
| 1914 | 19.0 |
| 1915 | 23.2 |
| 1916 | 17.8 |
| 1917 | 18.7 |
| 1918 | 18.5 |
| 1919 | 17.0 |
| 1920 | 16.6 |
| 1921 | 16.3 |
| 1922 | 16.5 |
| 1923 | 15.6 |