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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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CAUSES OF DEATH.No, 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belsize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central).No. 5 (West End).No. 6 (Kilburn).No. 7 (Priory).Total.
1. Small-pox........................
2. Chicken-pox........................
3. Measles..................11
4. Scarlet Fever.....................
5. Whooping Cough...............112
6. Diphtheria and Croup........................
7. Erysipelas........................
8. Tuberculous Meningitis........................
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis........................
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases........................
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............1...1
12. Convulsions.....................1
13. Laryngitis........................
14. Bronchitis...1...............1
15. Pneumonia (all forms)............12...3
16. Diarrhœa1l...1...3...6
17. Enteritis (incl. acute gastro)
18. Gastritis........................
19. Syphilis........................
20. Rickets........................
21. Suffocation, overlying........................
22. Injury at Birth........................
23. Atelectasis........................
24.Congenital Malformations321...25...13
25. Premature Birth2.........35012
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1...11...418
27. Other causes2.........2...15
Total Deaths9422921653

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Want of Breast Milk has been included under No. 26, Atrophy and Debility.
Net Births in ( legitimatem.M.479 M.458 Net Deaths in ( legitimate mfants M.27 F.18
illegitimate M. 47 F.47 illegimate infants M.5 F.3
Deaths of Young Children.

Table: During 1927, 72 deaths occurred of children under five years of age; this is equivalent to a rate of 12'8 per 1,000 children born in that and the four preceding years.

During 1927, 72 deaths occurred of children under five years of age; this is equivalent to a rate of 12'8 per 1,000 children born in that and the four preceding years.

Year.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.Deaths of Children under 5 years of age.
No.Rate per 1000 births.No.Rate per 1000 Children born in the year and in preceding four years.
192354417110.8
192466569514.3
192559557612.4
192665608314.1
192753517212.8