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Hampstead 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The following table shows the infantile mortality of Hampstead in each year since 1880.
| 1880 | 140 | 1897 | 127 |
| 1881 | 136 | 1898 | 125 |
| 1882 | 99 | 1899 | 129 |
| 1883 | 98 | 1900 | 100 |
| 1884 | 143 | 1901 | 102 |
| 1885 | 110 | 1902 | 88 |
| 1886 | 131 | 1903 | 87 |
| 1887 | 107 | 1904 | 111 |
| 1888 | 110 | 1905 | 94 |
| 1889 | 122 | 1906 | 77 |
| 1890 | 122 | 1907 | 69 |
| 1891 | 104 | 1908 | 69 |
| 1892 | 122 | 1909 | 74 |
| 1893 | 102 | 1910 | 60 |
| 1894 | 113 | 1911 | 82 |
| 1895 | 135 | 1912 | 62 |
| 1896 | 123 | 1913 | 69 |
The following table, which is issued by the Registrar-General,
shows the infantile mortality in each of the Metropolitan Cities and
Boroughs and in the County of London as calculated by the RegistrarGeneral.
It will be noted that Hampstead occupies a very favourable
position when compared with other districts or with the whole of
London:—