Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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In the following table I have set out the births, deaths and death rate among legitimate and illegitimate infants in Hampstead over a long period of years:—
Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Death rate per 1000 legitimate births. | Illegitimate Infants. | Death rate per 1000 illegitimate births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||
1908 | 1,326 | 87 | 66 | 29 | 10 | 345 |
1909 | 1,239 | 88 | 71 | 43 | 11 | 256 |
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 |
1926 | 1,001 | 48 | 48 | 76 | 17 | 223 |
1927 | 937 | 45 | 48 | 91 | 8 | 88 |
1928 | 922 | 32 | 34 | 79 | 22 | 278 |
1929 | 887 | 42 | 47 | 81 | 10 | 123 |
1930 | 900 | 50 | 56 | 103 | 8 | 76 |
1931 | 898 | 54 | 60 | 86 | 6 | 70 |
1932 | 890 | 38 | 43 | 91 | 15 | 165 |
1933 | 776 | 21 | 27 | 88 | 12 | 136 |
1934 | 855 | 35 | 42 | 85 | 14 | 165 |
1935 | 911 | 33 | 36 | 88 | 16 | 182 |
1936 | 949 | 57 | 60 | 99 | 12 | 121 |
1937 | 916 | 35 | 38 | 99 | 20 | 202 |
1938 | 932 | 43 | 46 | 127 | 17 | 134 |
When considered over a long period of years it will be seen that
the death rate among illegitimate infants in Hampstead is more than
three times as great as that among legitimate infants.