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Hampstead 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Whooping Cough.
There were 5 deaths from this disease in 1908, as compared
with 12 in 1907. The mortality per 1000 population was 0.05.
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from this cause was 11, as compared
with 5 in 1907. The death rate per 1000 of the population from
this disease was 0.12.
In the following table these deaths are arranged in months and 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| February | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| March | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| April | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| August | l | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| September | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 |
| October | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| November | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| December | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 11 |