Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health page 29

Hampstead 1909

Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths under one year registered in Hampstead was
111, but of these 20 deaths occurred in children not belonging to the
Borough, while 8 infants belonging to Hampstead died in public
institutions in other parts of London. The number of deaths of
Hampstead infants was therefore 99, an increase of 2 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.
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	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	3
	4 Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	5 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6 Whooping Cough	..	1	1	..	1	3	4	..	10
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases	7 Diarrhoea, all forms	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	3
	8 Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	2
	9 Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
iii. Wasting Diseases	10 Premature Birth	3	2	2	..	..	9	2	..	18
	11 Congenital Defects	1	..	..	1	2	2	..	..	6
	12 Injury at Birth	..	3	..	..	1	..	1	..	3
	13 Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
iv. Tuberculous Diseases	14 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus		1				8		..	14
	15 Tuberculous Meningitis					1	2		..	3
	16 Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	17 Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
v. Other Causes	18 Erysipelas	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	19 Syphilis	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
	20 Rickets	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	21 Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
	22 Convulsions	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	23 Bronchitis	..	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	3
	24 Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	25 Pneumonia	..	3	..	..	2	3	2	..	10
	26 Suffocation, overlying	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	27 Other Causes	..	1	1	..	3	4	2	..	11
Totals		15	16	4	3	13	37	..	..	99

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