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Hampstead 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The area of the Borough (including the area, twelve acres in extent,
covered by water) is 2,265 acres, and the estimated number of persons
to the acre is 37.9. The proportion of persons to the acre at the census
of 1911 was 37.7.
At the census of 1881 the number of persons per acre was 23,
in 1891 it was 30, and in 1901 it was 36.
MARRIAGES.
According to a return kindly furnished to me by the Superintendent
Registrar of Hampstead, it appears that 647 marriages were registered
in the Borough during 1912.
The total number of persons married in Hampstead during 1912
was 1294, which is equivalent to a rate of 15.0 per 1000 of the
population, and is a decrease on that for the year 1911, when the
marriages of 1392 persons were registered, equivalent to a rate of 16.3
per 1000 of the population.
The following Table gives the marriage rates for the years 1902-1912, and the average rate for the decade, 1902-1911:—
| Year. | No. of persons married per 1000 of the population. |
|---|---|
| 1902 | 15.3 |
| 1903 | 14.4 |
| 1904 | 15.0 |
| 1905 | 14.4 |
| 1906 | 13.8 |
| 1907 | 15.3 |
| 1908 | 14.7 |
| 1909 | 16.0 |
| 1910 | 14.8 |
| 1911 | 16.3 |
| Average for the decade | 15.0 |
| 1912 | 15.0 |
BIRTHS.
During the year 1224 births were registered in Hampstead
(excluding one birth which occurred in a previous year, and which was
re-registered for legal purposes only), an increase of 25 as compared
with the number—1199—registered in the previous year. Of the total
births 641 were of male and 580 of female children. In addition, 63