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Hampstead 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead.
Abridged Report on the Health
of the Borough.
1 942.
H. LESLIE OLDERSHAW.
M.D. Slate Medicine (Lond.), B.S., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health,
Area of Borough 2,265 acres.
Rateable value £1,530,000
Sum produced by 1d. rate £5,320
Births 917
Deaths 901
Maternal deaths 5 Maternal death rate 53
Infant deaths 45 Infant mortality rate 49