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Hampstead 1906

Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths under one year was 139, but of these
deaths 28 occurred in children not belonging to the Borough. The
number of deaths of Hampstead infants was therefore 111, a
decrease of 22 as compared with the previous year.

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

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).Non-distributable.Totals.
Diarrhœa, Dysentery31...124......11
Epidemic Enteritis1............1......2
Syphilis......1......1......2
Erysipelas...............1......1
Tuberculosis of Brain...1.........2......3
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1......1
General Tuberculosis...............1......1
Premature Birth612...393...24
Injury at Birth...1...............34
Debility at Birth......1......1......2
Atelectasis1.........1.........2
Congenital Defects11.........12...5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3121322...14
Dentition......1...............1
Rickets...1..................1
Convulsions2......1...2...16
Meningitis............22......4
Laryngitis......1...............1
Acute Bronchitis............1.........1
Lobar Pneumonia1.....................1
Lobular Pneumonial...1......3......5
Pneumonia............131...5
Diseases of Stomach...............2......2
Enteritis1...1...12......5
Other Diseases of Intestine..................1...1
Other Diseases of Digestive System1............1......2
Suffocation, Overlaid in Bed...1.........1......2
Falls not specified...............1......1
111 defined and unspecified causes.....................11
Totals218103144195111