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Hampstead 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Live Births.
During 1930, 999 live births of Hampstead children were regis-tered. In the following tables, these live births have been distributed according to sex, wards, etc.:—
| LIVE BIRTHS. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legiti-mate. | Illegiti-mate. | Total. | Legiti-mate. | Illegiti-mate. | Total. | Legit-mate. | Illegiti-mate. | Total. | |
| 66 | |||||||||
The following are the statistics for each of the Wards and the Borough:—
| No. 1 (Town) Ward | 105 | 8.3 | 10 | 95.2 |
| No. 2 (Belsize) „ | 160 | 10.9 | 12.5 | |
| No. 3 (Adelaide) „ | 98 | 8.7 | 3 | 30.6 |
| No. 4 (Central) „ | 61 | 5.6 | 1 | 16.4 |
| No. 5 (West End) „ | 167 | 11.7 | 65.9 | |
| No. 6 (Kilburn) „ | 273 | 17.9 | 9 | 32.9 |
| No. 7 (Priory) „ | 135 | 11.7 | 13 | 96.3 |
The birth rates for London and for England and Wales were
133 and, 14 7 respectively. The infant death rates were 58 and 57.
Legitimate and Illegitimate Births.
Of the total 999 nett live births belonging to Hampstead, 911 were
those of legitimate and 88 of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 88 per 1,000 births. Of the Hampstead illegitimate infants,
29 were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions.