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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 1921

Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Deaths from stated Causes under One Year of Age, arranged in Wards.

Deaths from stated Causes under One Year of Age, arranged in Wards.

CAUSES OF DEATH.No. 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belaize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central).No. 5 (West End).No. 6 (Kilbum).No. 7 (Priory).Total.
1. Small-pox........................
2. Chicken-pox........................
3. Measles..................11
4. Scarlet Fever........................
5. Whooping Cough......1...12...4
6. Diphtheria and Croup...............1...1
7. Erysipelas...1.........1...2
8. Tuberculous Meningitis1..................1
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis........................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases........................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................
12. Convulsions1...1...1......3
13. Laryngitis........................
14. Bronchitis........................
15. Pneumonia (all forms)11......1328
16. Diarrhoea411234...15
17. Enteritis
18. Gastritis..................22
19. Syphilis......1............1
20. Rickets........................
21. Suffocation, overlying............1......1
22. Injury at Birth........................
23. Atelectasis...............1...1
24. Congenital Malformations11112118
25. Premature Birth442425122
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus242111112
27. Other causes3...1......2...6
Total Death17121081221888
Total Births1781971331122113641471312