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7
POPULATION
There was a natural increase in population of 446
i.e. the number of births exceeded the deaths by that figure.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population as at the
middle of 1956 was 97,580.
BIRTHS
The number of births was 1,475, being 760 males and
715 females, giving a birth rate of 15.1 per 1,000 of the
estimated population.
DEATHS
There were 1,029 deaths of Hampstead residents. This
figure was a little higher than the previous year but the
increase was not larger than the normal fluctuation which one
expects with statistics and does not call for particular
comment. The death rate was 10.5 per 1,000 of the estimated
population.
The individual causes of death do not show any marked
variation from the normal. Small upward or downward trends
can only be shown by a detailed analysis over many years and
such an analysis is not possible in each year's annual report.
F6r what it is worth, however, the following are the major
changes compared with the figures for 1955.
Deaths from tuberculosis dropped from fifteen to four.
This is probably the lowest figure ever achieved in Hampstead
for tuberculosis deaths.
Heart and circulatory diseases caused 390 deaths
compared with 344 in 1955.The increase was principally in
coronary disease and angina which showed an increase of 16
male deaths and 29 female deaths.
The total deaths from cancer showed little change,
216 compared with 220. Cancer of the lung and bronchus, however,
showed a decrease from 56 to 34. Cancer of the stomach increased
from 23 to 30 and cancer of the breast from 17 to 26.
Motor vehicle accidents were responsible for four
deaths against 10 for 1955 and deaths from all other accidents
also showed a small drop, from 19 to 16.