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 1910 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. | At Ages—Years. | 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. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphther a (including Membranous Croup) | 48 | .. | 11 | 27 | 7 | 3 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 9 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 9 | .. | 39 |
Erysipelas | 32 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 |
Scarlet Fever | 135 | 1 | 26 | 87 | 11 | 10 | .. | 9 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 99 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 16 | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 8 | |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever .. | .. | • • | ||||||||||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 233 | 1 | 37 | 116 | 25 | 48 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 22 | 28 | 44 | 52 | 13 | it | 37 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 44 | 5 | 157 |
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.