London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Mortality in the First Four Weeks of Life from certain selected Causes.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909; | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convulsions | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Congenital Malformation | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Premature Birth | 13 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 19 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Total of above-mentioned Causes | 26 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 34 |
| Percentage of Total deaths from Above Causes under one year | 19-5 | 153 | 120 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 19.7 | 15.2 | 21.5 | 18.7 | 187 | 22-7 | 19-2 | 25'5 | 23-2 | 25-0 | 45-3 |
| Total deaths from ALL CAUSES under one month | 54 | 46 | 40 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 31 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 42 | 26 | 48 | 41 |
| Percentage of Total deaths from ALL CAUSES under one year | 406 | 41-4 | 408 | 44-3 | 414 | 470 | 37-1 | 39'2 | 440 | 417 | 406 | 53'4 | 467 | 378 | 500 | 54.7 |
| 133 | 111 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 81 | 105 | 79 | 91 | 91 | 101 | 73 | 90 | 69 | 96 | 75 | |
| 1421 | 1437 | 1341 | 1400 | 1328 | 1276 | 1281 | 1325 | 1273 | 1327 | 1164 | 1123 | 895 | 1156 | 1566 |