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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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The following table shows the age distribution of the patients dying from consumption in Hampstead in the six years 1903-1908.
| Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65— | ||
| 1903 | — | 1 | 14 | 46 | 5 | 66 |
| 1904 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 73 |
| 1905 | 1 | — | 12 | 57 | 3 | 73 |
| 1906 | 1 | — | 8 | 45 | 3 | 57 |
| 1907 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 61 |
| 1908 | — | 2 | 14 | 55 | 3 | 74 |
| Totals | 4 | 6 | 73 | 301 | 20 | 404 |
In 1902 a system of voluntary notification of Phthisis came into
operation in Hampstead. The following table gives the number of
patients notified in each year since 1902:—
Year. No. of patients notified.
1902 51
1903 34
1904 39
1905 27
1906 35
1907 55
1908 30
One of the notification certificates received during 1908 related
to a patient who had already been notified; the number of new
patients notified was, therefore, 29, and of these 14 were males and
15 females. The notifications received were from the following
sources:—
Patients notified by the Poor Law Medical Officers 12
Patients notified from the Brompton Hospital Out-
Patient department 1
Patients notified from the Mount Vernon Hospital
Out Patient department 2
Patients notified from the Kilburn General Dispensary
3
Patients notified by private practitioners 12