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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1911

Report for the year 1911 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.) Infant Mortality, 1911. Next Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Infant Mortality, 1911. Next Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

cause of death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3 6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified262743915152115105
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................123
Scarlet Fever.....................1......
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Whooping Cough.....................1...1
Diarrhoea1.........1315212
Enteritis.........11...6...2...110
Tuberculous Menin-gitis.....................2......
Abdominal Tubercu losis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................2...2
Congenital Malforma-tions .1.........1......113
Premature Birth12...42182.........20
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus211...441......9
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis..................1......1
Rickets..............................
Meningitis (not Tuber-culous)..................2......2
Convulsions1.........111......3
Gastritis...............1.........1
Laryngitis........................11
Bronchitis......1...11...]...3
Pneumonia (all forms)...1......1124412
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Other causes7...119212418
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Nett Births in
the year
legitimate, 1,239
illegitimate, 37
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 94.
illegitimate infants, 11.