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Hampstead 1922

Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health

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CAUSES OF DEATH.No. 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belsize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 1 (Central).No. 5 (West End).No. 6 (Kilburn).No. 7 (Priory).Total.
1. Small-pox........................
2. Chicken-pox........................
3. Measles...1.........1...2
4. Scarlet Fever........................
5. Whooping Cough........................
6. Diphtheria and Croup........................
7. Erysipelas........................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...1
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis........................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases........................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............1...1
12. Convulsions......211......4
13. Laryngitis........................
14. Bronchitis............2215
15. Pneumonia (all forms)21111219
16. Diarrhœa...121...1...5
17. Enteritis
18. Gastritis..................22
19. Syphilis...1...............1
20. Rickets........................
21. Suffocation, overlying.......................
22. Injury at Birth2...............13
23. Atelectasis1............113
24. Congenital Malformations.........11...13
25. Premature Birth46...4...4422
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus......11......35
27. Other causes2.........13...6
Total Deaths1110696161472
Total Births161202149852233031671290

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Want of Breast Milk has been included under No. 20, Atrophy and Debility.

Table: Want of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility. Table showing deaths and death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants:—

Want of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility. Table showing deaths and death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants:—

Year.Legitimate Infante.Death rate per 1000 legitimate births.Illegitimate Infants.Death-rate per 1000 illegitimate births.
Births.Deaths.Births.Deaths.
19101,23371573610278
19111,23994763711297
19126874111491,20756
19131,25273587318246
19141,21877635514254
19151,24682658119234
19161,0886559768105
19171,05274707116225
191879756709813132
19191,039777411719162
19201,47862428813148
19211,25971568317205
19221,21059498013162