Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health page 27

Hampstead 1908

Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths under one year registered in Hampstead
was 104, but of these 19 deaths occurred in children not belonging
to the Borough, while 12 infants belonging to Hampstead died in
public institutions in other parts of London. The number of deaths
of Hampstead infants was therefore 97, a decrease of 1 as compared
with the previous year.

Table: In the following table, these infantile deaths are distributed in Wards, under their respective causes.

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In the following table, these infantile deaths are distributed in Wards, under their respective causes.

CAUSE OF DEATH.		WARDS.								Totals.
CAUSE OF DEATH.		No. 1 (Town).	No. 2. (Belsize)	No. 3 (Adelaide).	No. 4 (Central).	No. 5 (West End)	No. 6. (Kilburn).	No. 7 (Priory).	Non-distributable.	Totals.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.	1 Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2 Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3 Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	4 Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	5 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
	6 Whooping Cough	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	3
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.	7 Diarrhœa, all forms	1	..	1	1	5	..	..	..	8
	8 Enteritis,Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis )	1	1	..	..	2	3	1	..	8
	9 Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
iii. Wasting Diseases.	10 Premature Birth	1	1	1	..	3	8	2	..	16
	11 Congenital Defects	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	4
	12 Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
	13 Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	14 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus)	1	2	..	2	3	4	2	..	14
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.	15 Tuberculous Meningitis.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	16 Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	17 Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
v. Other Causes.	18 Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	19 Syphilis	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	20 Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
	21 Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	22 Convulsions	..	..	..	1	..	3	..	..	4
	23 Bronchitis	..	1	1	..	1	2	2	..	7
	24 Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	25 Pneumonia	1	..	1	1	2	2	2	..	9
	26 Suffocation, overlying ..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
	27 Other Causes	3	1	..	..	7	6	• •	..	17
Totals		11	8	6	6	26	30	10	..	97

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Table: In the following table, these infantile deaths are distributed in Wards, under their respective causes.