Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | |
1906 | 1403 | 106 | 75 | 34 | 5 | 147 |
1907 | 1298 | 85 | 65 | 43 | 13 | 302 |
1908 | 1326 | 87 | 66 | 29 | 10 | 345 |
1909 | 1239 | 88 | 71 | 43 | 11 | 356 |
1910 | 1233 | 71 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 278 |
1911 | 1239 | 94 | 76 | 37 | 11 | 297 |
1912 | 1207 | 68 | 56 | 74 | 11 | 149 |
1913 | 1252 | 73 | 58 | 73 | 18 | 246 |
1914 | 1218 | 77 | 63 | 55 | 14 | 254 |
1915 | 1246 | 82 | 65 | 81 | 19 | 234 |
1916 | 1088 | 65 | 59 | 76 | 8 | 105 |
1917 | 1052 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 16 | 225 |
The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880.
1880 | 140 | 1893 | 102 | 1906 | 77 |
1881 | 136 | 1894 | 113 | 1907 | 69 |
1882 | 99 | 1895 | 135 | 1908 | 69 |
1883 | 98 | 1896 | 123 | 1909 | 74 |
1884 | 143 | 1897 | 127 | 1910 | 60 |
1885 | 110 | 1898 | 125 | 1911 | 82 |
1886 | 131 | 1899 | 129 | 1912 | 62 |
1887 | 107 | 1900 | 100 | 1913 | 69 |
1888 | 110 | 1901 | 102 | 1914 | 72 |
1889 | 122 | 1902 | 88 | 1915 | 76 |
1890 | 122 | 1903 | 87 | 1916 | 62 |
1891 | 104 | 1904 | 111 | 1917 | 80 |
1892 | 122 | 1905 | 94 |