Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health

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The following Table gives the marriage rates for the years 1904-1915:—

Year.	Rate.	Year.	Rate.

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The following table shows the Ward and sex-distribution of the live-births, and the birth-rate for each Ward, calculated upon the estimated population of 1914:—

Ward.	Births.			Birth-rate per 1000 of the population.
	Males.	Females.	Total.

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The following Table shows the illegitimate births which have occurred in the Borough during the years 1902-1915:—

Year.	Number of illegitimate births.	Illegitimate birth rate per 1,000 births registered.

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The following are the death-rates for each of the Wards:—

Ward.	Death-rate per 1,000 of the population.

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Table showing the Death-rates from All Causes in the County of London, the City of London, and the Metropolitan Boroughs during 1915, as calculated by the Registrar-General.

District.	Death-rate from all causes.

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Deaths at Various Ages. The following table shows the number of deaths at the various age periods, the causes of such deaths being shown in Tables III. & IV.

Age Periods.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2 years.	2 and under 5 years.	5 and under 1 5 years.	15 and under 25 years.	25 and under 45 years.	4 5 and under 65 years.	65 and upwards.	All Ages.

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Deaths at Ages.

Year.	Under 25.	25 and upwards.	Totals.

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The deaths from Cancer call for special consideration. The following Table gives the number of deaths from Cancer and the death-rate per 1,000 of the population in each of the years 1903—1915.

Year.	No. of Deaths from Cancer	Death-rate per 1000 of the population.	Year.	No. of Deaths from Cancer.	Death-rate per 1000 of the population.

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The next Table gives the anatomical distribution of the disease in each sex.

Situation.	Males.	Females.	Total.

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The following table indicates the causes of death or the persons whose bodies were received into the Mortuary:—

Cause of Death or Verdict.
Deaths from Natural Causes	54
Accidental Deaths	20
Suicide	15
Misadventure	8
Wilful Murder	2
Open Verdict	4
Total	103

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Complaints. During 1915, 658 complaints were made of the existence of insanitary conditions, relating to 801 nuisances as follows:-

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The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year:—

Articles.	No. taken.	Adulterated.	Low Quality.

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The following table shows the articles adulterated, nature of adulteration, and the results of proceedings taken:—

No. of sample	Article.	How Adulterated.	Result of Proceedings.

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The following samples of Milk and Cream not sold as preserved cream, were taken during the year:— 1.—Milk; and Cream not sold as preserved Cream.

	(a)—Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative.	(b)—Number in which a preservative was reported to be present.

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Percentage of Preservative found in each sample where this has been determined, and also the percentage indicated on the Statutory label:—

Official No.	Sample.	Analyst's Report.	Percentage on Statutory label.

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The following premises have been dealt with during 1915:—

Premises.	Represented.	Closing Order.	Remarks.

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Home-Work. 99 lists of outworkers were received from employers. These contained 239 entries. There are 67 outworkers' premises in Hampstead.

Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.
Lists received from Employers.						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.
Sending Twice in the year.			Sending Once in the year.				Prosecutions.
Sending Twice in the year.			Sending Once in the year.				Failing to keep or permit in* spection of lists	Failing to send lists.
Listst	Outworkers.†		Lists	Outworkers.
	Contractors.	Workmen.		Con-tractors.	Workmen.

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Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end. of year.	no.

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Bacteriological Work. The following is a Summary of the Bacteriological Work performed by the Lister Institute and at the Borough Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary:—

	Positive.	Negative.	Total.

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Cases ofInfectious Disease occurring in each month during 1915.

disease.	months.												Totals.
disease.	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Totals.

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The following table shows the number of reported cases of measles occurring each month in the various Wards:—

Month.	No. 1 (Town).	No. 2 (Belsize).	No. 3 (Adelaide).	No. 4 (Central).	No. 5 (West End).	No. 6 (Kilburn).	No. 7 (Priory).	Totals.

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Disinfection.

No. of Articles Disinfected.		No. of Articles Destroyed.

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The following are the deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis in recent years:—

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The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rates from all forms of tuberculosis and from consumption respectively since 1899:—

Year.	Total deaths from Tuberculosis.	Death-rate per 1,000 population.	Deaths from Consumption.	Death-rate per 1,000 population.	Cases of Consumption notified.

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The deaths from consumption and from all forms of tuberculosis during 1915 were distributed among the wards as follows:—

Ward.	Area (Acres).	Estimated Population middle of 1915.	Consumption.		Tuberculosis (All Forms).
Ward.	Area (Acres).	Estimated Population middle of 1915.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population

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The following table shows the age distribution of patients dying from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Hampstead in the thirteen years 1903—1915.

Year.	Age Period.					All Ages.
	Age Period.						0-5	5-15	15-25	25-65	65

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The unsatisfactory home conditions found upon investigating the new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified in 1915 were as follows:—

Unsatisfactory Home Conditions.	Pulmonary Cases.	Non-Pulmonary Cases.

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Occupations. The following is an analysis of the occupation of the cases notified as tuberculous:—

Occupation.	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.	Occupation.	Pulmonary.	Non-Pulmonary.

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TABLE I. Total Number of Applications made during the Year 1915.

Month.	Tuberculous.			Non-Tuberculous.			Totals.
	Insured	Non. Insured	Total.	Insured	Non-Insured	Total.	Insured	Non-Insured	Total.

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TABLE II.

	Males.	Females.	Children under 14.	Total.

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Total Attendances.

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The following Table gives briefly the work done at each Centre:—

	Health. Institute.	Emanuel Hall.	Lyndhurst Hall.	Total.

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The following table shows the Infantile Mortality rate and the Death rate among children under five years of age. The latter rate is calculated upon a period of five years.

Year.	Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.		Deaths of Children under 5 years of age.
Year.	No.	Rate per 1000 Births.	No.	Rate per 1000 Children born in the year and in preceding 4 years.

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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 1,000 births.	Illegitimate Infants.		Infantile death-rate per 1,000 births.
Year.	Births.	Deaths.	Infantile death-rate per 1,000 births.	Births.	Deaths.	Infantile death-rate per 1,000 births.

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TABLE I. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Vital Statistics of Whole Borough during 1915 and Previous Years.

Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the Borough.		Transferable deatht		Nett Deaths Belonging to the Borough.
Uncorrected Number.	Nett.		Total Deaths Registered in the Borough.		Transferable deatht		Nett Deaths Belonging to the Borough.
	Nett.		Number.	Rate.	of Non-residents registered in the Borough.	of Residents not registered in the Borough.	Under 1 Year of age		At all ages.
	Number.	Rate.					Number.	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate.

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TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1915.

Notifiable Disease.	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.							Ward No. 1 (Town).	Ward No. 2 (Belsize).	Ward No. 3 (Adelaide).	Ward No. 4 (Central).	Ward No. 5 (West End).	Ward No. 6 (Kilburn).	Ward No. 7 (Priory).
Notifiable Disease.	At all Ages.	Under 1.	1 & under 5.	5 & under 15	15 & under 25	25 & under 45	45 & under 65	65 and upwards.	Ward No. 1 (Town).	Ward No. 2 (Belsize).	Ward No. 3 (Adelaide).	Ward No. 4 (Central).	Ward No. 5 (West End).	Ward No. 6 (Kilburn).	Ward No. 7 (Priory).
Small Pox	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Cholera, Plague	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	130	3	34	58	21	11	3	...	34	35	13	9	13	14	12	104
Erysipelas	52	2	2	...	4	14	24	6	11	3	2	5	4	22	5	16
Scarlet Fever	179	1	40	96	26	16	...	...	36	16	11	10	48	42	16	147
Typhus Fever	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Enteric Fever	11	...	...	1	4	5	1	...	...	2	...	6	2	1	...	8
Relapsing Fever (Continued Fever)	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Puerperal Fever	3	...	...	...	2	1	...	...	1	1	...	...	1	...	...	3
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis	8	...	1	...	3	3	...	1	...	1	4	1	...	2	...	4
Polio-Myelitis	2	...	...	1	1	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	1	...	...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	16	16	...	...	...	...	...	...	3	1	...	...	3	9	...	1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1)	172	...	2	25	30	80	33	2	21	24	24	13	23	50	17	63o
Other forms of Tuberculosis (2)	48	2	10	16	9	9	2	...	5	6	3	...	7	21	6	21o
Chicken Pox	40	1	7	25	6	1	...	...	11	15	1	3	2	1	7	...
Totals	661	25	96	222	106	140	63	9	122	105	58	47	103	163	63	367

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TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1915.

Causes of Death.		Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occuring within or without the Borough.									Total Deaths,whether of "Residents" or Non-residents" in Institutions in the Borough.
Causes of Death.		All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2 years.	2 and under 5 years.	5 and under 15 years.	15 and under 25 years.	25 and under 4 5 years.	45 and under 65 years.	65 years and upwards.

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TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Animal Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) INFANT MORTALITY, 1915. 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 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months.	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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TABLE V. (This table was suggested by the Medical Officer of Health to the County of London in order to secure uniformity of tabulation in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolitan Boroughs.)

PREMISES.	Number on register at end of 1914.	Number added in 1915.	Number removed in 1915.	On regis-ter at end of 1915.	Number of inspections 1915.	Number of prosecu-tions, 1915,

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TABLE VI. Vital Statistics of the Borough.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.)					Pulmon-ary Tuber-culosis.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 Births.	Cases Notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population.		Deaths occuring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VI. (1). Vital Statistics of No. 1 (Town) Ward.

Year	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.)				Pulmon-ary Tuber-culosis.
Year	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 Births.	Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occurring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Podulation.

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TABLE VI. (2). Vital Statistics of No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis).				Pulmonary Tuber-culosis.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 births.	Cases notified (excluding Chicken.pox).	Attack rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occurring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VI. (3). Vital Statistics of No 3 (Adelaide) Ward.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis).				Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 births.	Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occurring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VI. (4). Vital Statistics of No. 4 (Central) Ward.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.)				Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 Births.	Cases Notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occuring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VI. (5). Vital Statistics of No. 5 (West End) Ward.

Year	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.)				Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Year	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per l000 Births.	Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occurring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VI. (6). Vital Statistics of No. 6 (Kilburn) Ward.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis).				Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 births.	Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occurring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VI. (7). Vital Statistics of No. 7 (Priory) Ward.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Births.		Deaths.		Infantile Deaths.		Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis).				Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of year.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population.	Number.	Rate per 1000 births.	Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox).	Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths occurring.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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TABLE VII. Vital Statistics of Hampstead, compared with England and Wales.

Year.	Birth-rate per 1000.		General death-rate per 1000.		Natural increase Hampstead.	Notifiable Infectious disease rate per 1000. †Hamp-stead.
Year.	Hampstead.	England and Wales.	Hampstead.	England and Wales.	Natural increase Hampstead.	Notifiable Infectious disease rate per 1000. †Hamp-stead.

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The following Table gives the marriage rates for the years 1904-1915:—

The following table shows the Ward and sex-distribution of the live-births, and the birth-rate for each Ward, calculated upon the estimated population of 1914:—

The following Table shows the illegitimate births which have occurred in the Borough during the years 1902-1915:—

The following are the death-rates for each of the Wards:—

Table showing the Death-rates from All Causes in the County of London, the City of London, and the Metropolitan Boroughs during 1915, as calculated by the Registrar-General.

Deaths at Various Ages. The following table shows the number of deaths at the various age periods, the causes of such deaths being shown in Tables III. &amp; IV.

Deaths at Ages.

The deaths from Cancer call for special consideration. The following Table gives the number of deaths from Cancer and the death-rate per 1,000 of the population in each of the years 1903—1915.

The next Table gives the anatomical distribution of the disease in each sex.

The following table indicates the causes of death or the persons whose bodies were received into the Mortuary:—

Complaints. During 1915, 658 complaints were made of the existence of insanitary conditions, relating to 801 nuisances as follows:-

The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year:—

The following table shows the articles adulterated, nature of adulteration, and the results of proceedings taken:—

The following samples of Milk and Cream not sold as preserved cream, were taken during the year:— 1.—Milk; and Cream not sold as preserved Cream.

Percentage of Preservative found in each sample where this has been determined, and also the percentage indicated on the Statutory label:—

The following premises have been dealt with during 1915:—

Home-Work. 99 lists of outworkers were received from employers. These contained 239 entries. There are 67 outworkers' premises in Hampstead.

Registered Workshops.

Bacteriological Work. The following is a Summary of the Bacteriological Work performed by the Lister Institute and at the Borough Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary:—

Cases ofInfectious Disease occurring in each month during 1915.

The following table shows the number of reported cases of measles occurring each month in the various Wards:—

Disinfection.

The following are the deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis in recent years:—

The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rates from all forms of tuberculosis and from consumption respectively since 1899:—

The deaths from consumption and from all forms of tuberculosis during 1915 were distributed among the wards as follows:—

The following table shows the age distribution of patients dying from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Hampstead in the thirteen years 1903—1915.

The unsatisfactory home conditions found upon investigating the new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified in 1915 were as follows:—

Occupations. The following is an analysis of the occupation of the cases notified as tuberculous:—

TABLE I. Total Number of Applications made during the Year 1915.

TABLE II.

Total Attendances.

The following Table gives briefly the work done at each Centre:—

The following table shows the Infantile Mortality rate and the Death rate among children under five years of age. The latter rate is calculated upon a period of five years.

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. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Vital Statistics of Whole Borough during 1915 and Previous Years.

TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1915.

TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1915.

TABLE IV. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Animal Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) INFANT MORTALITY, 1915. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE V. (This table was suggested by the Medical Officer of Health to the County of London in order to secure uniformity of tabulation in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolitan Boroughs.)

TABLE VI. Vital Statistics of the Borough.

TABLE VI. (1). Vital Statistics of No. 1 (Town) Ward.

TABLE VI. (2). Vital Statistics of No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.

TABLE VI. (3). Vital Statistics of No 3 (Adelaide) Ward.

TABLE VI. (4). Vital Statistics of No. 4 (Central) Ward.

TABLE VI. (5). Vital Statistics of No. 5 (West End) Ward.

TABLE VI. (6). Vital Statistics of No. 6 (Kilburn) Ward.

TABLE VI. (7). Vital Statistics of No. 7 (Priory) Ward.

TABLE VII. Vital Statistics of Hampstead, compared with England and Wales.

Deaths at Various Ages. The following table shows the number of deaths at the various age periods, the causes of such deaths being shown in Tables III. & IV.