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Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Births.
In the following Table the births for 1927 have been analysed according to sex, etc.:—
| BIRTHS. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | |
| Registered in the Borough | 608 | 40 | 648 | 582 | 46 | 628 | 1190 | 86 | 1276 |
| 93 | 22 | 115 | 95 | 14 | 109 | 188 | 36 | 224 | |
| 701 | 62 | 763 | 677 | 60 | 737 | 1378 | 122 | 1500 | |
| 222 | 15 | 237 | 219 | 16 | 235 | 441 | 31 | 472 | |
| Net number belonging to Hampstead, 1927 | 479 | 47 | 526 | 458 | 44 | 502 | 937 | 91 | 1028 |
The 1028 net births were distributed among the various Wards of
follows:—No. 1 (Town) 109,No. 2 (Belsize) 137,No. 3 (Adelaide) 104,
No. 4 (Central) 89, No. 5 (West End) 181, No. 6 (Kilburn) 243, and
No. 7 (Priory) 165.
The following are the birth rates per 1,000 of the population for
each of the Wards, the Borough, London, and England and Wales:—
No. 1 (Town) Ward 8.5
No. 2 (Belsize) „ 9.9
No. 3 (Adelaide) „ 10.0
No. 4 (Central) „ 9.4
No. 5 (West End),, 13.4
No. 6 (Kilburn) ,, 15.6
No. 7 (Priory) „ 15.6
The Borough 11.9
London 16.1
England and Wales 16.7
There was no Natural Increase in population, i.e., excess of births
over deaths. The excess of deaths over births amounted to 27,