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Hampstead 1907

Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths under one year registered in Hampstead
was 111, but of these 16 deaths occurred in children not belonging
to the Borough, while 3 infants belonging to Hampstead died in
public institutions in other parts of London. The number of deaths
of Hampstead infants was therefore 98, a decrease of 13 as compared
with the previous year.

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

CAUSE OF DEATH.WARDS.Totals.
No. 1 (Town).No. 2. (Belsize)No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central).No. 5 (West End)No. 6. (Kilburn).No. 7 (Priory).Non-distributable.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.1 Small-pox..................
2 Chicken-pox11........1..3
3 Measles..................
4 Scarlet Fever..................
5 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup..................
6 Whooping Cough..1....23....6
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.7 Diarrhœa, all forms..2......2....4
8 Enteritis,Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis..111..11..5
9 Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh......1........1
iii. Wasting Diseases.10 Premature Birth312224....14
11 Congenital Defects1......22....5
12 Injury at Birth............123
13 Want of Breast-milk, Starvation........1......1
14 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1......25....8
iv. Tuberculous Diseases15 Tuberculous Meningitis1....1..2....4
16 Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica..11..........2
17 Other Tuberculous Diseases..................
v. Other Causes.18 Erysipelas..................
19 Syphilis..................
20 Rickets2..............2
21 Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........1......1
22 Convulsions..................
23 Bronchitis..3..12......6
24 Laryngitis..................
25 Pneumonia2..1..45....12
26 Suffocation, overlying11..1..1....4
27 Other Causes3232..34..17
Totals15138916287298