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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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Table: Net Births in the yearlegitimate illegitimateM. 559 F. 546 M. 41 F. 40Net Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants illegitimate infantsM.33 f.22 M.8 F.3

Net Births in the yearlegitimate illegitimateM. 559 F. 546 M. 41 F. 40Net Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants illegitimate infantsM.33 f.22 M.8 F.3

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.....................
4. Scarlet Fever.....................
5, Whooping Cough...2............2
6. Diphtheria and Croup.....................
7. Erysipelas.....................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis........................
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis........................
10.Other Tuberculous Diseases........................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......1...12...4
12. Convulsions...1.........1...2
13. Laryngitis........................
14. Bronchitis...............2...2
15. Pneumonia (all forms)111......3...6
16. Diarrhœa...l31l118
17.Enteritis
18. Gastritis......l............1
19. Syphilis........................
20. Rickets........................
21. Suffocation, overlying........................
22. Injury at Birth1...1211...6
23. Atelectasis..................11
24.Congenital Malformations1............113
25. Premature Birth12l...16415
26. Atrophy, Debility andMarasmus...22135114
27. Other causes............11...2
Total Deaths49104823866
Total Births149145149911793161571186

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 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
19241,10555508111136