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Hampstead 1913

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

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TABLE IV.
(Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)
Infant Mortality, 1913.

Table: Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages underOne Year of Age.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages underOne Year of Age.

causes of death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 and under 6 Months.6 and under 9 Months.9 and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified286424019189591
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.........11...22...5
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Menin gitis.....................1...1
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1
Convulsions2.........2...1......3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..................21...3
Pneumonia (all forms)...............111...3
Diarrhœa...............122...5
Enteritis1.........122...38
Gastritis...............1...1...2
Syphilis...............2.........2
Rickets..................1......1
Suffocation, overlying1.........1......1...2
Injury at Birth3.........3............3
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations (b)1.........122......5
Premature Birth1882...1831......22
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1121573......15
Other causes62......8.........19
Totals286424019189591

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Nett Births in Clegitimate, 1,252 Nett Deaths in legitimate infants, 73.
the year illegitimate, 73 the year of illegitimate infants, 18.
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis have been included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis
and Enteritis and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(b) The total deaths from Congenital Malformations, Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus, equal the total in Table III, under the heading Congenital Debility, and
Malformation including Premature Birth.
Want of Breast Milk has been included under Atrophy and Debility.