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Births.
In the following Table the births for 1924 have been analysed
according to sex, etc.:—
BIRTHS.
MALES.
FEMALES.
TOTALS.
Legitimate.
Illegitimate.
Total.
Legitimate.
Illegitimate.
Total.
Legitimate.
Illegitimate.
Total.
Registered in the
Borough
634
37
671
640
32
672
1274
69
1343
Add number occurring
outside the Borough
whose mothers were
Hampstead residents
88
13
101
83
19
102
171
32
203
722
50
772
723
51
774
1445
101
1546
Deduct number who
could not be deemed
to belong to Hampstead
163
9
172
177
11
188
340
20
360
Net number belonging
to Hampstead, 1924
559
41
600
546
40
586
1105
81
1186
Net Births, 1923
600
30
630
562
46
608
1162
76
1238
The 1186 net births were distributed among the various Wards as
follows:—No. 1 (Town) 149, No. 2 (Belsize) 145, No. 3 (Adelaide) 149,
No. 4 (Central) 91, No. 5 (West End) 179, No. 6 (Kilburn) 316, and
No. 7 (Priory) 157.
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 11.4
No. 2 (Belsize) „ 10.3
No. 3 (Adelaide) „ 14.2
No. 4 (Central) „ 9.4
No. 5 (WestEnd) „ 13.0
No. 6 (Kilburn) „ 19.9
No. 7 (Priory) „ 14.6
The Borough 13.5
London 18.7
England and Wales 18.8
The natural increase in population, i.e., the excess of births over
deaths, was 157.