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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
Hampstead 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Month. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No.7 (Priory). | ||
| January | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| February | 2 | 7 | — | 3 | 8 | 8 | — | 28 |
| March | 5 | 9 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| April | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| May | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| June | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 14 |
| July | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| August | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| September | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| October | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| November | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | — | 31 |
| December | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| Totals | 51 | 62 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 49 | 20 | 265 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
The number of cases notified in 1908 was 55 as compared with
103 in 1907, the attack-rate or number of cases notified per 1,000
population being 0.59. The number of fatal cases was 5, or 9.1 par
cent. of the cases notified. The death-rate per 1,000 population
was 0.05; 44 patients, or 80 per cent. of the total cases notified,
were removed to hospital.
A thorough examination was made of the sanitary condition
of every house in which a case of diphtheria occurred, and the
following defects were discovered:—