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Hampstead 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London during 1910 is
as follows:—
Small-pox Typhoid Fever
Cholera Typhus Fever
Diphtheria Relapsing Fever
Membranous Croup Continued Fever
Erysipelas Puerperal Fever
Scarlet Fever Anthrax occurring
in
man
Epidemic Cerebro-spinal Hydrophobia
meningitis Glanders
Plague
The total cases of infectious disease notified numbered 233. This
is equivalent to an attack-rate of 2.4 per 1000 of the population. The
following: shows the number of cases of each disease notified :—
Scarlet Fever 135
Enteric Fever 16
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 48
Puerperal Fever2
Erysipelas32
Two cases of anthrax and two cases of epidemic cerebro-spinal
meningitis were notified during the year, but inquiry showed that in
each case the diagnosis was mistaken.
The sanitary condition of the 214 houses in which the cases
occurred was thoroughly investigated, and in 120 instances defects
were found to exist.