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Hampstead 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The natural increase in population, i.e., the excess of births over
deaths, was 150.
The following table shows the birth rates in each Ward and the Borough during the preceding four years :—
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 : (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | The Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 16.2 | 24.1 | 14.0 | 15.4 |
| 1922 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 8.9 | 16.4 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 14.8 |
| 1923 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 9.4 | 15.7 | 21.1 | 12.9 | 14.1 |
| 1924 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 14.2 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 19.9 | 14.6 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 17.3 | 13.3 | 12.2 |
Legitimate and Illegitimate Births and Birth Rate.
Of the total 1,073 net births belonging to Hampstead, 990 were
those of legitimate and 83 of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 77 per 1,000 births. 35 of the Hampstead illegitimate
infants were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all births occurring in the
Borough must be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36
hours. This is in addition to their usual registration with the Registrar
of Births.
The following statement shows the source of information, etc., of the births notified during the year. As live births have to be notified much sooner than registered, the total number notified differs from the total number registered. The registration of still births has not yet been made compulsory.
| Notified within 36 hours. | Notified after 36 hours. | Total Notified. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | |
| Notified by midwives | 519 | 4 | - | - | 519 | 4 |
| ,, parents | 125 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 185 | 1 |
| „ doctors | 406 | 8 | - | - | 406 | 8 |
| „ nurses and others | 202 | 5 | 7 | - | 209 | 5 |
| 1252 | 18 | 67 | — | 1319 | 18 | |