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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 1936

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

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Table: During 1936, 1,048 live births of Hampstead children were regis-tered. In the following tables, these live births have been distributed according to sex, wards, etc.:—

During 1936, 1,048 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.11legiti mate-Total.Legiti-mate.Illegiti-mate.Total.
Registered in the Borough7591018607307580514891761665
Add number occurring outside the Borough whose mothers were Hampstead residents170251951391915830944353
92912610-558699496317982202018
Deduct number who could not be deemed to belong to Hampetead4306349341958477849121970
Nett number belonging to Hampstead, 19364996856245036486949991048
Nett Births, 1935475495244363947591188999

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:—

Births.Birth rate.Infant deaths.Infant death rate.
No. 1 (Town) Ward11289980.4
No. 2 (Belsize) „1481001494.6
No. 3 (Adelaide) „122108541.0
No. 4 (Central) „928.4554.3
No. 5 (West End) „18813.11790.4
No. 6 (Kilburn) „24616.11352.8
No. 7 (Priory) „140121642.9
The Borough1,0481156965 8

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The birth rates for London and for England and Wales were
136 and 148 respectively. The infant death rates were 66 and 59.
Legitimate and Illegitimate Births.
Of the total 1,048 nett live births belonging to Hampstead, 949
were those of legitimate and 99 of illegitimate children, the latter
being at the rate of 94 per 1,000 births. Of the Hampstead
illegitimate infants, 44 were born outside the Borough, chiefly in
Lying-in Institutions.