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Hampstead 1925

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 : —

191523.2192016.6
191617.8192116.3
191718.7192216.5
191818.5192315.6
191917.0192415.4
192515.0

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 Borough65539694546425881201811282
Add number occurring outside the Borough whose mothers were Hampstead residents68198772168814035175
723587816185867613411161457
Deduct number who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead196192151551416935133384
Net number belonging to Hampstead, 19255273956646344507990831073
Net Births, 192455941600546405861105811186

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