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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 1910

Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The number of fatal cases was 13, equal to 5.5 per cent, of the cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows: —

The number of fatal cases was 13, equal to 5.5 per cent, of the cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows: —

DISEASE.WARDS.
No. 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belsize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central).No. 5 (West End).No, 6 (Kilburn),No. 7(Priory).Totals.
Scarlet FeverlI......l..3
Enteric Fever..1l1..... .3
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup........42..6
Erysipelas......1......1
Totalsl2l243..13

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The death-rate from the notifiable infectious diseases was 0-13
per 1000 of the population.
The following table shows the attack and death-rates from smallpox,
diphtheria and membranous croup, erysipelas, scarlet fever and
enteric fever, for the period 1891-1910:—