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have had the following table prepared. In this table is shewn the
infantile mortality rate, and the death-rate among children under five
years of age. The former rate has been calculated on the usual basis,
while the latter rate has been obtained by calculations based upon the
number of deaths of children under five years of age, and the number
of children born in the year mentioned and in the four preceding
years. It will be observed from these figures the decrease that is, on
the whole, taking place in the mortality amongst Hampstead children
during the first quinquennium of life. In the recently published
report of the Local Government Board on Infant and Child Mortality,
the death-rate in Hampstead of children aged between one and five
years for the period 1907.10 is stated to be the lowest of any of the
sanitary districts in the County.
Year Deaths of Infants under Deaths of Children under
1 year of age. 5 years of age.
No. Rate per No. Rate per 1000 children
1000 births born in the year and
in preceding four years.
1901 155 102 233 30. 2
1902 133 88 195 25.2
1903 126 87 177 23.1
1904 161 111 226 30.0
1905 133 94 189 25.7
1906 111 77 171 23.5
1907 98 69 154 21.7
1908 97 69 122 17.3
1909 99 74 148 21.3
1910 81 60 132 19.2
1911 105 82 152 22.7
1912 79 62 131 19.8
1913 91 69 149 22.7
It is thus seen that the death-rate of children under five years of
age has not fallen nearly to the extent of the rate for babies under one
year. The period from one to five years is at present the most unsupervised
of all ages, but a movement has been begun in Hampstead to
remedy this. The Council of Social Welfare has, in co-operation with
the Provident Dispensaries, initiated a scheme whereby all children
prior to school age arc to be medically examined by one of the staff of
the Provident Dispensaries, and a full report of the child's physical