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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| BIRTHS. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | |
| Registered in the Borough | 628 | 33 | 661 | 576 | 25 | 601 | 1204 | 58 | 1262 |
| Add number occurring outside the Borough whose mothers were Hampstead residents | 92 | 22 | 114 | 74 | 19 | 93 | 166 | 41 | 207 |
| 720 | 55 | 775 | 650 | 44 | 694 | 1370 | 99 | 1469 | |
| 201 | 10 | 211 | 168 | 13 | 181 | 369 | 23 | 392 | |
| Net number belonging to Hampstead, 1926 | 519 | 45 | 564 | 482 | 31 | 513 | 1001 | 76 | 1077 |
The 1077 net births were distributed among the various Wards as
follows:—No. 1 (Town) 141,No. 2 (Belsize) 144,No. 3 (Adelaide) 106,
No. 4 (Central) 96, No. 5 (West End) 178, No. 6 (Kilburn) 2t,6, and
No. 7 (Priorv) 146.
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 | 10.8 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) ,, | 10.2 |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) ,, | 10.1 |
| No. 4 (Central) ,, | 9.9 |
| No. 5 (West End) „ | 12.9 |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) ,, | 16.8 |
| No, 7 (Priory) „ | 13.6 |
| The Borough | 12.3 |
| London | 17.1 |
| England and Wales | 17.8 |
The Natural Increase in population, i.e., the excess of births over
deaths, was 149.
Legitimate and Illegitimate Births and Birth Rate.
Of the total 1,077 net births belonging to Hampstead, 1,001 were
those of legitimate and 76 of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 70 per 1,000 births. 41 of the Hampstead illegitimate
infants were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions.