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Hampstead 1922

Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health

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The following diseasee and causes of death call for special
mention :—
Maternal Deaths.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth : —
(1) From Sepsis
at home 1
in hospital 2
(2) Other Causes
at home 2
in hospital 1

Table:

[c]Infantile Mortality,
Deaths of infante under one year of age and rate per 1000 births:—[/c]
Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
No.Rate per 1000 legitimate births.No.Rate per 1000 illegitimate births.No.Rate per 1000 births.
5949131627256

Table:

[c]In the following table the 72 infantile deaths have been classified according to diseases in age-periods and in Wards:—[/c]
CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 and under 6 Months.6 and under 9 Months.9 and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
1. Small-pox.............................
2. Chicken-pox..............................
3. Measles...................112
4. Scarlet Fever..............................
5. Whooping Cough..............................
6. Diphtheria and Croup..............................
7. Erysipelas..............................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1
12. Convulsions1.........11...114
13. Laryngitis...............1............
14. Bronchitis...............21115
15. Pneumonia (ail forms).........1122229
16. Diarrhœa and 17. Enteritis...............32......5
18. Gastrits..................2...2...
19. Syphilis.........11............1
20. Rickets.........1..................
21. Suffocation,overlying..............................
22. Injury at Birth3.........3............3
23. Atelectrasis3.........3............3
24. Congenital Malformations2.........2........11
25. Premature Birth1322...1741......22
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus3...1...41.........5
27. Other causes1......1211116
Totals262333414106872

Table: ant of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.

ant of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.

Net Births in the yearlegitimateM.595Net Deaths in the year oflegitimate infantsM.39
F.615F.20
illegitimateM.40illegitimate infantsM10
F.40F3