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Hampstead 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Work of the Special Sub-Committee.
During 1926 the Committee has considered severally and in detail
the following:—
75 Deaths of infants under 2 years of age.
39 Still-births.
3 Maternal deaths.
3 Cases of Puerperal Fever.
7 Cases of Puerperal Pyrexia.
The 75 deaths of infants under 2 years of age in 1926 were certified to be due to the following causes:—
| Cause of Death. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|
| Prematurity | 17 |
| Measles | 7 |
| Marasmus | 7 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 4 |
| Hæmorrhage from untied umbilical cord | 4 |
| Broncho Pneumonia | 4 |
| Acute Lobar Pneumonia | 3 |
| Congenital Syphilis | 3 |
| Cardiac failure | 2 |
| Debility from birth | 2 |
| Infantile Convulsions | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 2 |
| Difficult birth | 1 |
| Asphyxia, strangulated by tape around neck and accelerated by haemorrhage from untied umbilical cord | 1 |
| Inherent deficient vitality | 1 |
| Congenital weakness and Diarrhoea, following upon chronic constipation | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 |
| Congestion of Lung | 1 |
| Congenital Pyloric Stenosis | 1 |
| Mongolism | 1 |
| Gastric haemorrhage | 1 |
| Exhaustion and wasting, accelerated by lowered vitality from septic umbilicus | 1 |
| Asphyxia, when under bed clothes in cot, and with an enlarged thymus gland | 1 |
| Carried forward | 68 |