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Hampstead 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from this cause was 19, as compared
with 2 in 1905. The death rate per 1000 of the population from
this disease was 0.21.
In the following table these deaths are arranged in months and Wards:—
| Month. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| February | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| March | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| June | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| July | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| August | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| September | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 13 |
| October | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| November | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| December | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | — | 19 |
Of these deaths 13 occurred among children under one year of
age, and of the remainder, 4 were of children whose ages were
registered as 1 year.