Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1925 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 1915-1925 : —
1915 | 23.2 | 1920 | 16.6 |
1916 | 17.8 | 1921 | 16.3 |
1917 | 18.7 | 1922 | 16.5 |
1918 | 18.5 | 1923 | 15.6 |
1919 | 17.0 | 1924 | 15.4 |
1925 | 15.0 |
Births.
In the following Table the births for 1925 have been analysed according to sex, etc. :-
BIRTHS. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate. | Illegiti-mate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | |
Registered in the Borough | 655 | 39 | 694 | 546 | 42 | 588 | 1201 | 81 | 1282 |
68 | 19 | 87 | 72 | 16 | 88 | 140 | 35 | 175 | |
723 | 58 | 781 | 618 | 58 | 676 | 1341 | 116 | 1457 | |
196 | 19 | 215 | 155 | 14 | 169 | 351 | 33 | 384 | |
Net number belonging to Hampstead, 1925 | 527 | 39 | 566 | 463 | 44 | 507 | 990 | 83 | 1073 |
81 |
The 1073 net births were distributed among the various Wards as
follows:—No. 1 (Town) 139,No.2 (Belsize) 145, No. 3 (Adelaide) 117,
No. 4 (Central) 82, No. 5 (West End) 171, No. 6 (Kilburn) 275, and
No. 7 (Priory) 144.
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 10.6
No. 2 (Belsize) ,, 10.2
No. 3 (Adelaide) „ 11.1
No. 4 (Central) „ 8.5
No. 5 (West End) „ 12.3
No. 6 (Kilburn) „ 17.3
No. 7 (Priory) „ 13.3
The Borough 12.2
London 18.0
England and Wales 18.3