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Hampstead 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following Table gives the marriage rates per 1,000 of the population for the years 1911-1921 :—
| 1911 | 16.3 | 1916 | 17.8 |
| 1912 | 15.0 | 1917 | 18.7 |
| 1913 | 14.9 | 1918 | 18.5 |
| 1914 | 19.0 | 1919 | 17.0 |
| 1915 | 23.2 | 1920 | 16.6 |
| 1921 | 16.3 |
BIRTHS.
During the year 1,498 births—761 males and 737 females—were
registered in Hampstead, as compared with 1,594 registered in the
previous year. Of the 1,498 births,—180 males and 171 females—were
of children who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead. In
addition, 195 births of children—99 males and 96 females—whose
mothers were Hampstead residents, occurred outside the Borough in
Lying-in Institutions, &c.
The nett number of births belonging to Hampstead was, therefore,
1,342—680 males and 662 females—as compared with 1,566 in 1920,
and being a decrease of no less than 224. These births were distributed
among the various Wards as follows:—No. 1 (Town) 178,
No. 2 (Belsize) 197, No. 3 (Adelaide) 133, No. 4 (Central) 112, No. 5
(West End) 211, No. 6 (Kilburn) 364, and No. 7 (Priory) 147.
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) ,, | 14.1 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) ,, | 13.3 |
| No. 4 (Central) „ | 11.1 |
| No. 5 (West End) „ | 16.2 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) „ | 24.1 |
| No. 7 (Priory) „ | 14.0 |
| London | 22.3 |
| England and Wales | 22.4 |