Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III.
Notifiable disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1. (Town.) | Ward No. 2. (Belsize.) | Ward No. 3. (Adelaide.) | Ward No. 4. (Central.) | Ward No. 5. (West End.) | Ward No. 6. (Kilburn.) | Ward No. 7. (Priory.) | Ward No. 1. (Town.) | Ward No. 2. (Belsize.) | Ward No. 3. (Adelaide.) | Ward No. 4. (Central.) | Ward No. 5. (West End.) | Ward No. 6. (Kilburn.) | Ward No. 7. (Priory.) | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 55 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 7 | .. | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 44 |
Erysipelas | 33 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 |
Scarlet fever | 265 | 2 | 64 | 141 | 30 | 28 | .. | 51 | 62 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 49 | 20 | 46 | 59 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 226 |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric fever | 24 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | .. | 6 | 4 | 6 | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 14 |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 383 | 4 | 81 | 166 | 55 | 72 | 5 | 65 | 81 | 30 | 33 | 68 | 72 | 34 | 55 | 74 | 15 | 24 | 53 | 50 | 25 | 296 |
The Workhouse is within the Borough, and is situate at New End in No. 1 (Town) Ward.
Isolation Hospitals are provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and residents of Hampstead suffering from infectious disease are
usually sent to the North Western Hospital, which is within the Borough, and is situate at Lawn Road, in No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.