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Hampstead 1905

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

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In the following table, these infantile deaths are distributed in Wards, under their respective causes.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Ward No. 1 (Town).Ward No. 2 (Belsize).Ward No. 3 (Adelaide).Ward No. 4 (Central).Ward No. 5 (West End).Ward No. 6 (Kilburn).Ward No. 7 (Priory).Totals.
Common Infectious Diseases:
Small-pox................
Chicken-pox................
Measles............11
Scarlet Fever................
Diphtheria: Croup................
Whooping Cough1......23..6
Diarrhœal Diseases: Diarrhœa, all forms1......1327
Enteritis (not tuberculous)........2..13
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh2......1216
Wasting Diseases: Premature Birth42l..312224
Congenital Defects33..264119
Injury at Birth1..112128
Want of Breast Milk................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus..1....110113
Tuberculous Diseases: Tuberculous Meningitis1........1..2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica1............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..1....1..13
Erysipelas................
Syphilis........11..2
Pickets..1..........1
Meningitis (not tuberculous)2..122....7
Convulsions12......1..4
Bronchitis..........314
Laryngitis................
Pneumonia42....14..11
Suffocation, overlaying1..1....215
Other Causes21......3..6
All Causes241345235014133