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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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Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
The number of cases notified in 1910 was 48 as compared with
33 in 1909, the attack-rate, or number of cases notified per 1000
population, being 0-50. The number of fatal cases was 6, or 12'5 per
cent, of the cases notified. The death-rate per 1000 population was
0-06; 39 patients, or 81 per cent. of the total cases notified, were
removed to hospital.
The following table shows the number of cases occurring each month in the various Wards:—
| Months. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1(Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 I Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| January | — | l | — | l | — | — | — | 2 |
| February | 2 | — | — | — | l | — | — | 3 |
| March | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April | 1 | — | l | — | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| May | 1 | — | — | l | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| June | - | l | — | l | — | - | — | 2 |
| J ulv | - | — | - | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
| August | — | — | l | l | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| September | — | — | — | l | 3 | — | — | 4 |
| October | — | — | — | l | 3 | 4 | — | 8 |
| November | — | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | — | |
| December | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 8 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 9 | — | 48 |
One of the most satisfactory features of the Ilampstead health
etat'stics in recent years is the diminished prevalence of diphtheria.