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Hampstead 1905

Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE V. Infantile Mortality in the Borough. Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes.Certified3767454129997746718133
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..............................11
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria Crop..................................
Whooping Cough..............2....2....1..16
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..............2..3....11....7
Enteritis {not Tuberculous)............11......1........3
Gastritis Gastrointestinal Catarrh....1..1..3..11............6
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth13312194....1..............24
Congenital Defects111....121..13....1......119
Injury at Birth61....7....1................8
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus2..2262221..............13
Tuberculous Diseases.TuberculousMeningitis........................1....12
Tuberculous Peritontis: Tabes Mes enterica..........................1....1
Other Tubercu lous Diseases )................11....1......3
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis......................11......2
Rickets................1..............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1......1..2..1..1..1....17
Convulsions....2..21................14
Bronchitis....1..12..............1....4
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..........1......13..13..211
Suffocation, overlaying2......2..1....1..1........5
Other Causes21....31........1........16
3767454129997746718133

Births in the year, legitimate, 1,386; illegitimate, 35. Population estimated to middle of 1905, 88,142.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 823.