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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 1923
Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health
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civilian Hampstead residents who died outside the Borough is added.
The total net deaths during 1923 was 947, or 10.8 per 1000 of the
population, as compared with 970 in the preceding year. These deaths
were distributed among the various Wards as follows:—No. 1 (Town)
139, No. 2 (Belsize) 147, No. 3 (Adelaide) 128, No. 4 (Central) 98,
No. 5 (West End) 149, No. 6 (Kilburn) 180, and No. 7 (Priory) 106.
The following are the death-rates per 1000 of the population for each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales:—
| No. 1 (Town) Ward | 10.7 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) „ | 10.5 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) „ | 12.2 |
| No. 4 (Central) „ | 10.2 |
| No. 5 (West End) „ | 10.9 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) „ | 11.4 |
| No. 7 (Priory) „ | 9.9 |
| The Borough | 10.8 |
| London | 11.2 |
| England and Wales | 11.6 |