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Hampstead 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Census figures are only 658 higher than those of the Census of 1911.
I think this is accounted for by the fact that the Census was taken on a
Sunday in June when any number between 10,000 and 20,000 people
were probably absent from their usual place of residence.
Owing to its residential character there are no occupations peculiar
to the district. The greatest number of persons engaged in one occupation
are those classified as domestic servants; these numbered
11,264. This fact has its own peculiar features when dealing with
health problems, domestic servants being, in the main, workers in but
not members of the family in which they work. An instance of this
will be found in ascertaining the "contacts" of a tuberculous domestic
servant. In many cases the true " contacts " would be her own family,
and not the family she is living with, but these former frequently are
not resident in the Borough.
The population of the Borough in private families at the Census
of 1921 was 80,050 out of the total population of 86,153. The percentage
of these private families living in 1 room at the last Census was
9.4, in 2 rooms 13.2, in 3 rooms 19.5, in 4 rooms 13.7, in 5 rooms 8.5,
in 6.7 rooms 12.0, in 8-9 rooms 8.5, and in 10 rooms and over 15.2.

The age-status of the population of Hampstead is high; the figures as ascertained at the Census of 1921 were as follow : —

Under 16.16-69.70 and over.Total.
Males8,17523,9101,16833,253
Females8,69641,9322,27252,900
16,87165,8423,44086,153

Summary of Vital Statistics for 1925.
Marriages 671
Marriage-Rate 15.0
M. F. Totals
Legitimate 527 463 990 1,073
Births Illegitimate 39 44 83
Birth-Rate 12.2
Deaths 923 Death-Rate 10.5
Maternal Deaths—No. of At home In hospital.
women dying in, or in (1) From Sepsi 2
consequence of, child- (2) Other Causes - 3 5
birth