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Hampstead 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths of Hampstead children under 1 year was
105, an increase of 24 as compared with the previous year.

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

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).
1 Small-pox• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
2 Chicken-pox• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
3 Measles• •• •1• •• •113
4 Scarlet Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
5 Diphtheria and Croup• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
6 Whooping Cough1• •• •• •• •• •• •1
7 Diarrhœa2112• •5112
8 Enteritis41• •• •14• •10
9 Tuberculous Meningitis• •• •• •1• •1• •2
10 Abdominal Tuberculosis• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases11• •• •• •• •• •2
12 Congenital Malformations• •• •• •• •• •• •33
13 Premature Birth43• •148• •20
14 Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus• •2• •• •43• •9
15 Atelectasis• •• •• •1• •• •• •1
16 Injury at Birth1..• •• •• •• •• •1
17 Erysipelas• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
18 Syphilis1• •• •• •• •• •• •1
19 Rickets• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
20 Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1• •1• •• •• •• •2
21 Convulsions• •1• •1• •• •13
22 Gastritis• •• •• •• •1• •• •1
23 Laryngitis• •• •• •• •1• •• •1
24 Bronchitis• •1• •• •• •2• •3
25 Pneumonia (all forms)242• •• •3112
26 Suffocation, overlying• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
27 Other Causes231244218
Totals19176815319105

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The "Infantile Mortality"—i.e., the number of deaths under one
year per 1000 births—was 82, as compared with the rate of 60 per 1000
births in 1910, this figure being calculated on the total number of births
belonging to Hampstead, including those that occurred in lying-in
institutions outside Hampstead. The average rate for the years 19061910
was 70.