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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: The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880:—

The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880:—

18801401896123
18811361897127
1882991898125
1883981899129
18841431900100
18851101901102
1886131190288
1887107190387
18881101904111
1889122190594
1890122190677
1891104190769
1892122190869
1893102190974
1894113191060
1895135191182

Table: The following are the infantile mortality rates for each of the Wards:—

The following are the infantile mortality rates for each of the Wards:—

WARD.Deaths of Infants under 1 year per 1000 births.
No. 1 (Town)91.8
No. 2 (Belsize)90.0
No. 3 (Adelaide)73.2
No. 4 (Central)87.0
No. 5 (West End)69.4
No. 6 (Kilburn)89.3
No. 7 (Priory)63.0

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The infantile mortality rate in Hampstead in 1911 was considerably
higher than in 1910, and higher than in any previous year since 1905.
The cause of the increase is not far to seek, and is to be found in the
exceptionally hot dry weather that prevailed during the third quarter of
the year. In the London district the mean temperature during the
quarter was 4½° above the normal. On four days in July, two days in