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Hampstead 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Death rate per 1000 legitimate births. | Illegitimate Infants. | Death-rate per 1000 illegitimate births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||
| 1910 | 1,233 | 71 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 278 |
| 1911 | 1,239 | 94 | 76 | 37 | 11 | 297 |
| 1912 | 1,207 | 68 | 56 | 74 | 11 | 149 |
| 1913 | 1,252 | 73 | 58 | 73 | 18 | 246 |
| 1914 | 1,218 | 77 | 63 | 55 | 14 | 254 |
| 1915 | 1,246 | 82 | 65 | 81 | 19 | 234 |
| 1916 | 1,088 | 65 | 59 | 76 | 8 | 105 |
| 1917 | 1,052 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 16 | 225 |
| 1918 | 797 | 56 | 70 | 98 | 13 | 132 |
| 1919 | 1,039 | 77 | 74 | 117 | 19 | 162 |
| 1920 | 1,478 | 62 | 42 | 88 | 13 | 148 |
| 1921 | 1,259 | 71 | 56 | 83 | 17 | 205 |
| 1922 | 1,210 | 59 | 49 | 80 | 13 | 162 |
| 1923 | 1,162 | 42 | 36 | 76 | 12 | 158 |
| 1924 | 1,105 | 55 | 50 | 81 | 11 | 136 |
| 1925 | 990 | 41 | 41 | 83 | 18 | 216 |
In the following tables the 59 infantile deaths during 1925 have been classified according to diseases in age-periods and in Wards : —
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week, | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 and under 6 Months. | 6 and under 9 Months. | 9 and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2. Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3. Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4. Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5. Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6. Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 7. Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 8. Tuberculous Me- ningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| 9. Abdominal Tu- berculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 10. Other Tubercu-lous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 11 Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 12. Convulsions | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| 13. Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 14. Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| 15. Pneumonia (all forms | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16. ( Diarrhœa and ) | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 17. Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | |||
| 18. Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 19. Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 20. Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 21. Suffocation,overlying | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 22. Injury at Birth | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| 23. Atelectasis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 24. Congenital Malformations | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| 25. Premature Birth | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 13 |
| 26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 |
| 27. Other causes | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Totals | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 59 |