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Hampstead 1926

Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health

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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...............2...2
4. Scarlet Fever........................
5. Whooping Cough........................
6. Diphtheria and Croup........................
7. Erysipelas........................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis........................
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis........................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases........................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................
12. Convulsions1...1......1...3
13. Laryngitis........................
14. Bronchitis...............1...1
15. Pneumonia (all forms)...1......1215
16. Diarrhœa...2...112...6
17. Enteritis (incl acute gastro)
18. Gastritis........................
19. Syphilis...1.........3...4
20. Rickets........................
21. Suffocation, overlying........................
22. Injury at Birth...1............1
23. Atelectasis............1......1
24. Congenital Malformations............1...12
25. Premature Birth4...2246321
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1.........2...35
27. Other causes441...23...14
Total Deaths99431220865

Table: Want of Breast Milk has been inclnded under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.

Want of Breast Milk has been inclnded under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.

Net Births in the yearlegitimateM.519Net Deaths in the year oflegitimate infantsM.28
F.482F.20
illegitimateM.45illegitimate infantsM.8
F.31F.9

Table: Deaths of Young Children. During 1926, 83 deaths occurred of children under five years of age; this is equivalent to a rate of 14.1 per 1,000 children born in that and the four preceding years.

Deaths of Young Children. During 1926, 83 deaths occurred of children under five years of age; this is equivalent to a rate of 14.1 per 1,000 children born in that and the four preceding years.

1921886512620.7
1922725610616.9
192354447110.8
192466569514.3
192559557612.4
192665608314.1

Table: Tuberculosis.The deaths from Tuberculosis were as follows:—

Tuberculosis.The deaths from Tuberculosis were as follows:—

Tuberculosis of Respiratory System51
Other Tuberculous Diseases5