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 1909 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. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1. | At Ages—Years. | 65 and upwards. | 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. | ||||
1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65. | |||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous | 33 | .. | 7 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
Erysipelas | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 241 | 36 | 102 | 31 | 12 | 36 | 74 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 52 | 13 | 33 | a | 4 | 13 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 211 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 13 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 325 | 3 | 4.5 | 184 | 49 | 39 | 5 | 53 | 88 | 16 | 29 | 51 | 67 | 21 | 40 | 77 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 18 | 240 |
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.