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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 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The sanitary condition of each house in which a case of Enteric
Fever occurred was investigated, and the following defects were
discovered:—
Drains defective 5
Soil pipes defective 3
Water supplies defective 4
Other defects 5
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 | 1 |
| February | — | l | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| March | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| April | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| May | — | — | l | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| June | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| August | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| October | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| November | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| December | — | — | — | l | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | l | l | l | — | 3 | 13 |