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Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Infant Mortality, 1914. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Infant Mortality, 1914. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

causes of death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 and under 6 Months.6 and under 9 Months.9 and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified2238538221210991
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................22
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............4...2410
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................22...4
Abdominal Tubercu losis (a).........11............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous................111...3
Convulsions1.........1......1...2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.....................112
Pneumonia (all forms)...............121...4
Diarrhœa...............1...1...2
Enteritis1...11311......5
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.........111.........2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1.........13.........4
Injury at Birth...1......1............1
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations (6)1...1...2211...6
Premature Birth9...31132.........15
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus621...953...118
Other causes3...21612...110
Totals2238538221210991

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Nett Births in (legitimate, 1,218 Nett Deaths in legitimate infants, 77.
the year illegitimate, 55 the year of illegitimate infants, 14.
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis have been included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis
and Enteritis and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(b) The total deaths from Congenital Malformations, Premature Birth, Atrophy. Debility and
Marasmus, equal the total in Table III, under the heading Congenital Debility, and
Malformation including Premature Birth.
Want of Breast Milk has been include 1 under Atrophy and Debility.