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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 1923

Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: In the following tables the 72 infantile deaths have been classified according to diseases in age-periods and in Wards:—

In the following tables the 72 infantile deaths have been classified according to diseases in age-periods and in Wards:—

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.
1. Small-pox..............................
2. Chicken-pox..............................
3. Measles..............................
4. Scarlet Fever..............................
5. Whooping Cough...............2...1...3
6. Diphtheria and Croup..............................
7. Erysipelas..............................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
12. Convulsions11......2............2
13. Laryngitis..............................
14. Bronchitis.........1...............1
15. Pneumonia (all forms)......1...112138
16. Diarrhœa and 17. Enteritis...2......212218
18. Gastritis...............1.........1
19. Syphilis..............................
20. Rickets..............................
21. Suffocation, overlying..............................
22. Injury at Birth4.........4............4
23. Atelectasis1.........1............1
24. Congenital Malformations3.........3211...7
25. Premature Birth5...16...............6
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2.........212......5
27. Other causes311...5...11...7
Totals1942126986554

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Want of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.
Net Births in
the year
legitimate
illegitimate
M. 600
F. 562
M. 30
F. 46
Net Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants
illegitimate infants
M. 22
F. 20
M. 8
F. 4