London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hampstead 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]

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I have prepared the following figures to show the great difference that exists in the infantile death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate children under one year of age.

Year.Legitimate Infants.Illegitimate Infants.
Births.Deaths.death-rate per 1000 births.Births.Deaths.death-rate per 1000 births.
1906140310675345147
1907129885654313302
1908132687662910345
1909123988714311356
1910123371573610278
1911123994763711297
1912120768567411149
1913125273587318246
1914121877635514254
1915124682658119234
191610886559768105
1917105274707116225

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

18801401893102190677
18811361894113190769
1882991895135190869
1883981896123190974
18841431897127191060
18851101898125191182
18861311899129191262
18871071900100191369
18881101901102191472
1889122190288191576
1890122190387191662
18911041904111191780
1892122190594