Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health page 140

Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880, and it will be seen that the lowest rate occurred in the year 1912.

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The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880, and it will be seen that the lowest rate occurred in the year 1912.

1880	140	1892	122	1904	111
1881	136	1893	102	1905	94
1882	99	1894	113	1906	77
1883	98	1895	135	1907	69
1884	143	1896	123	1908	69
1885	110	1897	127	1909	74
1886	131	1898	125	1910	60
1887	107	1899	129	1911	82
8188	110	1900	100	1912	62
1889	122	1901	102	1913	69
1890	122	1902	88	1914	72
1891	104	1903	87

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Deaths among Legitimate and Illegitimate Infants.
I have prepared the following figures to show the great difference
that exists in the infantile death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate
children under one year of age.

Table: I have prepared the following figures to show the great difference that exists in the infantile death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate children under one year of age.

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I have prepared the following figures to show the great difference that exists in the infantile death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate children under one year of age.

Year.	Legitimate Infants.		Infantile death rate per 1000 births.	Illegitimate Infants.		Infantile death-rate per 1000 births
Year.	Births.	Deaths.	Infantile death rate per 1000 births.	Births.	Deaths.	Infantile death-rate per 1000 births
1906	1,403	106	75	34	5	147
1907	1,298	85	65	43	13	302
1908	1,326	87	66	29	10	345
1909	1,239	88	71	43	11	256
1910	1,233	71	57	36	10	278
1911	1,239	94	76	37	11	297
1912	1,207	68	56	74	11	149
1913	1,252	73	58	73	18	246
1914	1,218	77	63	55	14	254

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The excessive death-rate among illegitimate children still continues,
and the matter is one of great difficulty to deal with. There seems to
be little that will serve as a substitute for true maternal care, but special
attention is now being given to all illegitimate births that come under
our notice as occurring among Hampstead women.

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Hampstead 1914

Table: The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880, and it will be seen that the lowest rate occurred in the year 1912.

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Table: I have prepared the following figures to show the great difference that exists in the infantile death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate children under one year of age.

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