Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health page 27

Hampstead 1910

Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths under one year registered in Hampstead was
110, but of these 31 deaths occurred in children not belonging to the
Borough, while 2 infants belonging to Hampstead died in public
institutions in other parts of London. The number of deaths of
Hampstead infants was therefore 81, a decrease of 18 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.
		No. 1 (Town).	No. 2 (Belsize).	No. 3 (Adelaide).	No. 4 (Central).	No. 5 (West End).	No. 6 (Kilburn).	No. 7 (Priory).
		No. 1 (Town).	No. 2 (Belsize).	No. 3 (Adelaide).	No. 4 (Central).	No. 5 (West End).	No. 6 (Kilburn).	No. 7 (Priory).
i. Common Infectious Diseases	1 Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	2 Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	3 Measles	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
	4 Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	5 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	6 Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	2	3	..	5
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases	7 Diarrhœa, all forms	..	..	..	1	2	2	..	5
	8 Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,) Gastro-enteritis)	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
	9 Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh)	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	3
	9 Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh)	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	3
iii. Wasting Diseases	10 Premature Birth	4	3	1	2	4	5	2	21
	11 Congenital Defects	..
	12 Injury at Birth	1					1	1	3
	13 Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	14 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	3	2	..	..	..	2	••	7
iv. Tuberculous Diseases	15 Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	16 Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	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)	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	3
	22 Convulsions	2	1	..	..	..	..	1	4
	23 Bronchitis	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	3
	24 Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	25 Pneumonia	..	2	..	..	2	3	1	8
	26 Suffocation, overlying	..	..	..	..		3	..	3
	27 Other Causes	3	..	..	1	3	3	1	11
Totals		15	9	2	8	17	24	6	81

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