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Hampstead 1920

Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Mortality among Young Children.

Table: The following table shows the Infantile Mortality rate and the death rate among children under five years of age. The latter rate is calculated upon a period of five years:—

The following table shows the Infantile Mortality rate and the death rate among children under five years of age. The latter rate is calculated upon a period of five years:—

Year.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.Deaths of Children under 5 years of age.
No.Rate per 1000 births.No.Rate per 1000 children born in the year and in preceding four years.
1910816013219-2
19111058215222-7
1912796213119-8
1913916914922-7
1914917212920-0
19151017614422-2
191673629414-7
1917908012219-6
1918697710918-8
1919968312021-2
1920754810117-1

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The average of the infantile mortality rates in Hampstead for
the ten years, 1910-1919 was 72 per 1000 births, and of the children
under 5 years of age 20'1.
Deaths among Legitimate and Illegitimate Infants.

Table: The following comparative tables indicate the great disproportion in the deaths of legitimate and illegitimate infants : —

The following comparative tables indicate the great disproportion in the deaths of legitimate and illegitimate infants : —

Year.Legitimate Infants.Death rate per 1000 legitimate oirths.Illegitimate Infants.Death-rate per 1000 illegitimate births.
Births.Deaths.Births.Deaths.
19081,32687662910345
19091,239887143n256
19101,23371573610278
19111,23994763711297
19121,20768567411149
19131,25273587318246
19141,21877635514254
19151,24682658119234
19161,0886559768105
19171,052747071lti225
191879756709813132
1W191,039777411719162
19201,47862428813148