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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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46
Drains defective 10
Soil pipes defective 3
Water supply defective 8
Other defects 15
The following table shows the number of cases occurring each month in the various wards:—
| 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 - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| February | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| March - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| April - - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 7 |
| May - - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| June - - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| July - - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| August - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| September | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 9 |
| October - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| November | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| December | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 55 |
Enteric Fever.
The number of cases notified was 24 as compared with 19 in
1907 and 20 in 1906. The attack rate per 1000 population was 0.26.