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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

Hammersmith 1927

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

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14
Illegitimate Infants.
No. of births 91
„ deaths 8
Death rate per 1000 illegitimate births 88
Total.
No. of births 1028
„ deaths 53
Death rate per 1000 births 51
In the following tables the 53 infantile deaths during 1927 have
been classified according to diseases in age-periods and in Wards:—
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.
1. Small-pox
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2. Chicken-pox
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3. Measles
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1
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4. ScarletFever
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5. Whooping Cough
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1
...
1
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6. Diphtheria and
Croup
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7. Erysipelas
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8. Tuberculous Meningitis
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9. Abdominal Tuberculosis
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10. Other Tuberculous
Diseases
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11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
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1
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1
12. Convulsions
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1
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1
13. Laryngitis
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14. Bronchitis
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1
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1
15. Pneumonia (all forms)
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2
2
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1
3
16. Diarrhœa and
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2
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2
1
1
l
l
6
17. Enteritis
18. Gastritis
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19. Syphilis
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20. Rickets
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21. Suffocation,overlying
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22. Injury at Birth
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23. Atelectasis
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24. Congenital Malformations
3
1
1
1
6
2
...
2
3
13
25. Premature Birth
8
1
2
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11
1
...
...
...
12
26. Atrophy, Debility
and Marasmus
3
1
...
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4
1
2
1
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8
27. Other causes
5
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5
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5
Totals
19
5
3
3
30
7
5
5
6
53
Females
8
3
1
—
12
2
3
2
2
21
Males
11
2
2
3
18
5
2
3
4
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