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Hampstead 1922
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The 1290 net births were distributed among the various Wards as
follows:—No. 1 (Town) 161, No. 2 (Belsize) 202,No. 3 (Adelaide) 149),
No. 4 (Central) 85, No. 5 (West End) 223, No. 6 (Kilburn) 303, and
No. 7 (Priory) 167.
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) Ward | 12.5 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) „ | 14.4 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) „ | 14.2 |
| No.4 (Central) „ | 8.9 |
| No.5 (West End) „ | 16.4 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) | 19.3 |
| No. 7 (Priory) „ | 15.6 |
| The Borough | 14.8 |
| London | 21.0 |
| England and Wales | 20.6 |
The natural increase in population, i.e., the excess of births over
deaths, was 320.
Legitimate and Illegitimate Births and Birth Rate.
Of the total 1,290 net births belonging to Hampetead, 1,210 were
those of legitimate and so of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 62 per 1,000 births.39 of the Hampstead illegitimate
infants were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all births occurring in the
Borough must be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36
hours. This is in addition to their usual registration with the Registrar
of Births.
The following statement shows the .source of information, etc., of
live births notified during 1022. As births have to be notified luueh
sooner than registered, the total number notified differs from the total
number registered.
Notified by midwives
473
„ parents
357
„ doctors
386
„ nurses and others
162
1378