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HAMPTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Medical Officer's Annual Report.
Hampton, Middlesex,
20th February, 1911.
Gentlemen,
I herewith submit my Annual Report for the year ended 31st December, 1910.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
The district comprises an area of 2,036 acres, and is of an open character.
The subsoil is gravel, which extends to a considerable depth over the greater portion of the
area.
The District is fortunate in the possession of ample open spaces with entirely free access; a
large portion of Bushy Park being included in the area: and several small recreation grounds and
gardens are under the control of the Council; while the River Thames flows along the whole of the
southern boundary.
A considerable area of the District is under cultivation—mainly for horticultural purposes—and
the principal occupations of the working class section of the inhabitants are outdoor ones.
VITAL STATISTICS.
At a date so remote from the last Census it is somewhat difficult to arrive at a true estimate of
the population of a District.
There has been little change in this District since last year; so I have estimated the population
to be 10,000; calculated to the middle of 1910.
Births and Birth Rate.—The total number of births registered during the year was 206—100
males and 106 females—of whom four were illegitimate.
This is equal to a birth rate of 20.6 per thousand of the estimated population, and is slightly
lower than the rate for 1909 which was 21.7.
The birth rate for England and Wales for the year 1910 was 24.8 per thousand.
Deaths and. Death Rate.—The total number of deaths registered from all causes during the
year was 96.
This number includes two non-residents ; the particulars of whose deaths were forwarded to the
Medical Officers of Health in whose districts they had previously resided; and seventeen deaths of
residents which occurred outside the district, distributed among outside institutions as follows:—Union
Infirmary, Kingston, 6; London Hospitals, 6; Richmond Hospital, 1; County Asylum, 2; other
places, 2.
After correcting these returns by deducting the deaths of the two non-residents and adding the
deaths of those residents who died at Hospitals or other places outside the District; this brings the nett
total of deaths of persons belonging to this district to 94—42 males and 52 females—the causes of whose
deaths, together with the age-periods at death are shown in the tabular statement below.