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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Public Analyst:
H. E. Cox, D.Sc., Ph.D. (Lond.), F.I.C., 10, Billiter Square, E.C.3.
(a) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate.
(b) Food Inspector's Certificate.
(c) Smoke Inspector's Certificate.
(d) Health Visitor's Certificate.
(e) State Registered Nurse.
(f) State Certified Midwife.
| Area (acres) | 2,265 |
| Population | 97,400 |
| Rateable Value, March, 1950 | £1,638,500 |
| Sum produced by1d. rate | £6,615 |
| Live births— | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 809 | 748 | 61 |
| Females | 696 | 623 | 73 |
| 1,505 | 1,371 | 134 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population (Rate for London: 17.8) | 15.5 | ||
| Number of Stillbirths | 28 | ||
| Rate of Stillbirths per 1,000 (live and still) births | 18.3 | ||
| Net deaths (males, 423; females, 553) | 976 |
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population (Rate for London: 11.8) | 10 |
| Deaths from maternal causes (0.66 per 1,000 births) | 1 |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year (males, 16; females, 12) | 28 |
| Infants under 1 year: Infantile Mortality Rate | |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 19 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 37 |
The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows:—
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 24 | 21. Other circulatory disease | 51 |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | 3 | 22. Influenza | 8 |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 10 | 23. Pneumonia | 40 |
| 4. Diphtheria | — | 24. Bronchitis | 45 |
| 5. Whooping cough | — | 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 7 |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | — | ||
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | 2 | 26. Ulcer of stomach and duo | |
| 8. Measles | — | denum | 12 |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 22 | 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 8 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 25 | 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 5 |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | ||
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | 33 | ||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 15 | 31. Congenital malformations | 8 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 94 | 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 89 |
| 15. Leukæmia, aleukæmia | 6 | 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 4 |
| 16. Diabetes | 11 | 34. All other accidents | 19 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 103 | 35. Suicide | 28 |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | |||
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 127 | ||
| 19. Hypertension, with heart disease | 39 | 976 | |
| 20. Other heart disease | 134 | ||
| (6428) | A4 | ||