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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 1924
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Old Age.
Five persons died during the year aged 90, two were aged 91, four
were aged 92, and one attained the age of 94.
Causes of Death.
The incidence of the chief causes of mortality shows very plainly
in a tabular list of the six principal death-causing diseases in 1924: —
Heart disease 153
Cancer 151
Respiratory disease 151
Tuberculosis 70
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. 56
Arterio-sclerosis 54
The following diseases and causes of death call for special
mention:—
Maternal Deaths.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth:—
(1) From Sepsis
at home —
in hospital 1
(2) Other Causes
at home —
in hospital 2
Infantile Mortality.
Deaths of infants under one year of age and rate per 1000 births:—
Legitimate. Illegitimate. Total.
No. Rate per 1000 No. Rate per 1000 No. Rate per 1000
legitimate births. illegitimate births. births.
55 50 11 136 66 56