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Hampstead 1923

Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Births. In the following Table the births for 1923 have been analysed according to sex, etc.:—

Births. In the following Table the births for 1923 have been analysed according to sex, etc.:—

BIRTHS.MALES.FEMALES.TOTALS.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
Registered in the Borough Add number occurring outside the Borough whose mothers were Hampstead residents65828686647386851305661371
8716103831910217035205
Deduct number who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead745447897305778714751011576
145141591681117931325338
Net number belonging to Hampstead, 1923 Ne Births, 192260030630562466081162761238
59540635615406551210801290

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The 1238 net births were distributed among the various Wards as
follows: —No. 1 (Town) 164, No. 2 (Belsize) 156,No. 3 (Adelaide) 141,
No. 4 (Central) 90, No. 5 (West End) 215, No. 6 (Kilburn) 333, and
No. 7 (Priory) 139.

Table: The following are the birth-rates per 1,000 of the population for each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales:—

The following are the birth-rates per 1,000 of the population for each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales:—

No. 1 (Town) Ward12.6
No. 2 (Belsize) „11.1
No. 3 (Adelaide) „13.4
No. 4 (Central) „9.4
No. 5 (West End) „15.7
No. 6 (Kilburn) „21.1
No. 7 (Priory) „12.9
The Borough14.1
London20.2
England and Wales19.7

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The natural increase in population, i.e., the excess of births over
deaths, was 291.