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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 1916
Report for the year 1916 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section A.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
BOROUGH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1916.
Population estimated to middle of 1916 81,470
Density 36.1 persons per acre
Births 1,164
*Birth-Rate 13. 1
Marriages 727
Marriage-Rate 17.8
Deaths 862
Death-Rate 10.5
Infantile Mortality 62.7 per 1000 births
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Attack-Rate (excluding Measles
and Tuberculosis) 3.5
do. do. do. do. (including Measles
and Tuberculosis) 17.2
Notifiable Infectious Diseases Death-Rate (excluding Measles
and Tuberculosis) .08
do. do. do. do. (including Measles
and Tuberculosis) 1.08
Death-Rate from the Principal Epidemic Diseases .12
Death-Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis .67
Death-Rate from All Forms of Tuberculosis .98
CENSUS, 1911.
Population 85,495
Buildings used as Dwellings 11,976
Ordinary Dwelling Houses 10,062
Area of Borough 2265 acres
„ „ (excluding area covered by water) 2253 acres
* By direction of the Registrar-General this rate has been calculated upon a
population of 88,641.