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Hampstead 1907

Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE V.

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.Certified215594018574327411698
Uncertified..................................
i. Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles........................2....13
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria (includ-ing Membranous Croup)..................................
Whooping Cough......112..1..1....1......6
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..........2....11............4
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis,Gastroenteritis..2....22....1..............5
Gastritis,Gastrointestinal Catarrh..........1....................1
iii. Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth1021114......................14
Congenital Defects2..1......1......1........5
Injury at Birth3......3......................3
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation....................1..........1
Atrophy,Debility Marasmus....1121..31........1....8
iv. Tuber-culous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis......................11....24
Tuberculous Peritonitis:Tabes..........1......1............2
Mesenterica Other Tuberculous Diseases..................................
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..................................
Rickets......................2........2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................1..........1
Convulsions..................................
Bronchitis......113..11..............6
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia......3323........2....1112
Suffocation, overlying....112....1......1........4
Other causes6111942................217
215594018574327411698

Population estimated to middle of 1907, 91,137.
Births in the year {legitimate, 1,298
illigitimate, 43. Deaths in the year of {legitimate infants, 85.
illigitimate infants, 13
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 817.