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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: In the following tables the 65 infantile deaths during 1926 have been classified according to diseases in age-periods and in Wards: —

In the following tables the 65 infantile deaths during 1926 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 8 Months.3 and under6 Months.6 and under9 Months.9 and under12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
1.Small-pox..............................
2.Chicken-pox..............................
3.Measles...........................2
4.ScarletFever..............................
5.Whooping Cough.................... ..........
6.Diphtheria and Croup..............................
7.Erysipelas..............................
8.Tuberculous Me ningitis..............................
9.Abdominal Tu berculosis..............................
10.Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
11Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
12. Convulsions...1......11.........3
13. Laryngitis..............................
14. Bronchitis..................1......1
15. Pneumonia (all forms)......1.........21...5
16.(Diarrhoea and )1...1...2...13......
17.Enteritis1...1...2...1......6
18.Gastritis..............................
19.Syphilis...1......13.........4
20.Rickets..............................
21.Suffocation, overlying..............................
22.Injury at Birth.................................
23.Atelectasis1.........1............1
24.(Congenital Malformations...............11......2
25.Premature Birth1613...201.........21
26.Atrophy, Debility and Marasmusl......12111...5
27.Other causes7.........7322115
Totals2735i361098265