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Hampstead 1906

Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE V. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health) Infantile Mortality in the Borough during the Year 1906. 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.Certified26114546149658752324111
Uncertified..................................
i. Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox..................................
Chicken-pox....................................
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................................
ii. Diarrhœal. Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms......1122....42......2..13
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis,Gastroenteritis..11..21....................3
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................1....1......2
iii. Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth126..119311................24
Congenital Defects11114..1..................5
Injury at Birth4......4......................4
Want of Breastmilk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus11l142221..2....1....14
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1..1......13
Tuberculous Peritonitis:TabesMesenterica..........1....................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1....................1
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis............2..................2
Rickets..................1............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............2......11......4
Convulsions3......3..1............1....5
Bronchitis..........................1....1
Laryngitis....................1..........1
Pneumonia1....121..11112......211
Suffocation,1......11..........1........3
Other causes32l..61....3..1........112
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Population estimated to middle of 1906, 89,633.
Births in the year
legitimate, 1,403.
illegitimate, 34.
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 106.
illegitimate infants. 5.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 850.