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Hampstead 1923

Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health

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CAUSES OF DEATH.No. 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belsize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central).No. 5 (West End).No. 6 (Kilburn).No. 7 (Priory).Total.
1. Small-pox........................
2. Chicken-pox........................
3. Measles........................
1. Scarlet Fever........................
5. Whooping Cough......1......113
6. Diphtheria and Croup........................
7. Erysipelas........................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...1
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis........................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases........................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................
12. Convulsions.........1...1...2
13. Laryngitis........................
14. Bronchitis...............1...1
15. Pneumonia (all forms)......2...2318
16. Diarrhœa
17. Enteritis......111418
18. Gastritis...1...............1
19. Syphilis........................
20. Rickets........................
21. Suffocation, overlying........................
22. Injury at Birth2.........1...14
23. Atelectasis............1...1
24. Congenital Malformations1...11...227
25. Premature Birth...1.........236
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus23.........5
27. Other causes111...1127
Total Deaths66636161154
Total Births164156141902153331391238

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Want of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.

Table: Table showing deaths and death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants:—

Table showing deaths and death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants:—

Year.Legitimate Infants.Death rate per 1000 legitimate births.Illegitimate Infants.Death-rate per 1000 illegitimate births.
Births.Deaths.Births.Deaths.
19101,23371573610278
19111,23994763711297
19121,20768567411149
19131,25273587318246
19141,21877635514254
19151,24682658119234
19161,0886559768105
19171,05274707116225
191879756709813132
19191,039777411719162
19201,47862428813148
19211,25971568317205
19221,21059498013162
19231,16242367612158