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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 1926

Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH. The incidence of the chief causes of mortality in Hampstead shows very plainly in a tabular list of the six principal death-causing diseases in 1926:—

CAUSES OF DEATH. The incidence of the chief causes of mortality in Hampstead shows very plainly in a tabular list of the six principal death-causing diseases in 1926:—

Heart disease144
Cancer135
Respiratory disease117
Arterio-sclerosis61
Cerebral haemorrhage, &c.57
Tuberculosis56

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The following diseases and causes of death call for special
mention:—
Maternal Deaths.
Number of women dj'ing in, or in consequence of, child-birth : —
(1) From Sepsis | {at home -
{in hospital 2 )
(2) Other Causes {at home -
in hospital -1}3
Infantile Mortality.
The following table shows the deaths and death-rates of
mate and illegitimate infants in 1926 :—
Legitimate Infants.
No. of births 1001
„ deaths 48
Death rate per 1000 legitimate births 48
Illegitimate Infants.
No, of births 76
„ deaths 17
Death rate per 1000 illegitimate births 223
Total.
No. of births 1077
„ deaths 65
Death rate per 1000 births 60