Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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-pox | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
3 Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
4 Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
6 Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | |
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. | 7 Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
8 Enteritis,Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
9 Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
iii. Wasting Diseases. | 10 Premature Birth | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 14 |
11 Congenital Defects | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | |
12 Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
13 Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
14 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 8 | |
iv. Tuberculous Diseases | 15 Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
16 Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
17 Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
v. Other Causes. | 18 Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
19 Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
20 Rickets | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
21 Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
22 Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
23 Bronchitis | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
24 Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
25 Pneumonia | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 12 | |
26 Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
27 Other Causes | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 17 | |
Totals | 15 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 98 |