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The average infantile mortality rate in Hampstead for the years
1902-1918 was 77 per 1000 births.
In order to attack, with any marked measure of success, the
mortality occurring among young children, it is necessary to appreciate
what are the most frequent causes of death, and how far, and in what
measure, they may best be combated. In addition to the foregoing
table the following statement has been prepared in order to show at
what age-periods infantile deaths occur, and what proportion of those
who die during their first year of life succumb in the first month, or in
the first week of existence.
Of the total infantile deaths in the Borough during the period
1905-1919, amounting to 1,414, no less than 606, or 43 per cent., died
within the first month, and 390, or 27 per cent., died within seven days
of birth.

The following Table shows the percentage of infant deaths
occurring under one month of age, calculated on the total number of
infants dying before completing one year:—