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Hampstead 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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There was no Natural Increase in population, i.e., excess of births
over deaths.

Table: The following are the statistics for each of the Wards and the Borough :—

The following are the statistics for each of the Wards and the Borough :—

No. of Births.Birth rate.
No. 1 (Town) Ward1058.3
No. 2 (Belsize) „1258.5
No. 3 (Adelaide) „918.0
No. 4 (Central) „555.1
No. 5 (West End) „1429.9
No. 6 (Kilburn) „24916.2
No. 7 (Priory) „978.5
The Borough8649.6

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The birth rate for London and for England and Wales were 13.2
and 14.4 respectively.
Legitimate and Illegitimate Births.
Of the total 864 nett live births belonging to Hampstead, 776 were
those of legitimate and 88 of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 102 per 1,000 births. 33 of the Hampstead illegitimate
infants were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions.
Still Births.
During 1933, the nett number of registered still births for Hampstead
was 29.

Table: In the following Table the still births for 1933 have been distributed according to sex, etc.:—

In the following Table the still births for 1933 have been distributed according to sex, etc.:—

STILL BIRTHS.MALES.FEMALES.TOTALS.
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
Registered in the Borough1982722224411051
Add number occurring outside the Borough whose mothers were Hampstead residents213213426
Deduct number who could not be deemed to belong to Hampstead2193024327451257
142161111225328
Nett number belonging to Hampstead, 1933177141321520929
Nett Still Births, 193293121131420626