Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health page 130

Hampstead 1908

Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

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TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

Causes of Death.		Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the Borough.							Deaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities whether occurring in or beyond the Borough.							Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-residents" in Public Institutions in the Borough.
Causes of Death.		All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Ward No. 1 (Town).	Ward No. 2 (Belsize).	Ward No. 3 (Adelaide).	Ward No. 4 (Central).	Ward No. 5 (West End).	Ward No. 6 (Kilburn).	Ward No. 7 (Priory).
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		4	..	2	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	1	2	..	..	3
Scarlet Fever		7	..	3	3	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	6	..	..	49
Whooping Cough		5	3	2	..	..	..	..	2	1	1	..	1	..	..	2
Diphtheria ("including Membranous croup)		5	1	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	1	44
Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fever	Typhus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric	4	..	..	1	..	3	..	1	..	..	..	3	..	..	5
	Other continued	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Epidemic influenza		26	..	..	..	..	7	19	3	2	5	4	3	6	..	5
Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Plague		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa		11	8	1	..	..	2	..	1	1	1	1	..	6	1	1
Enteritis		11	8	..	..	..	2	1	2	2	..	..	3	3	1	2
Puerperal Fever		4	..	..	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	2
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)		74	..	..	2	14	55	3	7	16	4	7	9	21	7	103
Other Tuberculous diseases		10	..	4	4	..	2	..	2	..	1	..	..	5	2	9
Cancer, malignant disease		84	..	..	..	..	47	37	13	11	8	9	15	20	8	42
Bronchitis		58	7	1	..	1	8	41	12	7	10	4	6	13	6	19
Pneumonia		55	9	3	..	1	20	22	2	8	5	7	9	12	11	17
Pleurisy Other Diseases of Respiratory		3	..	..	..	1	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	1
Organs		7	..	..	..	1	2	4	..	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of Liver		16	..	..	..	..	14	2	1	4	1	4	3	1	2	4
Venereal diseases		3	1	..	..	..	..	2	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	3
Premature birth		l6	16	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	3	8	2	..
Diseases and accidents of parturition		10	..	..	..	1	9	..	3	..	1	..	..	4	2	1
Heart diseases		38	..	..	1	1	19	17	3	8	5	5	3	9	5	9
Accidents		14	2	1	..	1	3	7	2	2	1	..	3	5	1	14
Suicides		10	..	..	1	1	7	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	9
All other causes		526	41	5	7	13	106	154	49	55	30	37	49	63	39	96
All causes		803	97	25	20	37	312	312	108	126	78	82	121	186	93	442

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Note.—It will be noted that the total number of deaths in the Ward distribution is 9 less
than the total number of deaths at the age periods. This is accounted for by the fact
that in these cases a definite address was not registered. (See note at foot of
TABLE ii.

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Hampstead 1908

Table: TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.

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