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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: 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:—

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.
Births.Deaths.Births.Deaths.
19081,32687662910345
19091,23988714311256
19101,23371573610278
19111,23994763711297
19121,20768567411149
19131,25273587318246
19141,21877635514254
19151,24682658119234
19161,0886559768105
19171,05274707116225
191879756709813132
19191,039777411719162
19201,47862428813148
19211,25971568317205
19221,21059498013162
19231,16242367612158
19241,10555508111136
192599041418318216
19261,00148487617223
1927937454891888
192892232347922278
192988742478110123
19309005056103876
1931898546086670
193289038439115165
193377621278812136
193485535428514165
193591133368816182
193694957609912121
193791635389920202
1938932434612717134

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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.