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Section I.
Natural and Social Conditions of the Borough.
Area of Borough 2265 acres (including 12 acres covered by water).
Population at Census, 1921 86,153
Population estimated to middle of 1927 86,160
Number of inhabited houses, Census 1921 12,557
Number of families or separate occupiers, ditto 21,520
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1927 £1,333,794
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,388 9s. 4d.
Social conditions, including the chief occupations of the inhabitants,
and the influence of any particular occupation on public health.
Hampstead is mainly a residential district, and is less densely
populated than the Administrative County as a whole, the number
of persons per acre being 38 and 60 respectively at the Census of
1921. The density, however, varies very much throughout the
Borough, being very sparse in some places, but rising in others to as
high as 238 per acre.
Owing to its residential character, there are no occupations peculiar
to the Borough. The greatest number of persons engaged in one occupation
are those classified as domestic servants; these numbered
11,264 at the last Census.
Summary of Vital Statistics for 1927.
Marriages 760
Marriage Rate 17.6
M. F. Totals,
Births Legitimate 479 458 937 , rt0Q
Illegitimate 47 44 91 1,028
Birth Rate 11.9
Deaths 1,055 Death Rate 12.2
Maternal Deaths —No. of At home. In hospital.
women dying in, or in (1) From Sepsis - 2 5
consequence of, child- (2) Other Causes 1 2
birth
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age:—
Legitimate 45 Illegitimate 8 Total 53
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate
Legitimate 48 Illegitimate 88 and 51
illegitimate