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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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Detailed information concerning Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Fever will be found under the heading of Notifiable Infectious Diseases on pages 41-47, but particulars concerning Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhœa, to which notification does not apply, are given here.
| Year. | Seven PrincipalEpidemicDiseases.Death rate per1000 of thepopulation. | Measles.Death rate per1000 of thepopulation. | WhoopingCough.Death rate per1000 of thepopulation. | Diarrhœa.Death rate per1000 of thepopulation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 0.77 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 0.69 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 0.55 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 0.55 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 0.45 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 0.51 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
Measles.
Eleven deaths were recorded from this disease, as compared with
4 in 1907.
The mortality was 0.12 per 1000 population, the mortality in 1908
being 0.04.
Measles is now included amongst the dangerous infectious diseases
to which Sections 60-65, 68-70, and 72-74 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, apply. These sections extend the provisions relating to
isolation and disinfection to Measles, but the}' do not make the disease
compulsorily notifiable.