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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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Four specimens of blood from patients suspected to be suffering
from enteric fever were submitted by the doctors in attendance for
bacteriological examination, two specimens proving positive and two
negative.
The following table shows the number of cases occurring each month in the various wards: —
| Month. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| January | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| February | - | - | - | - | - | l | — | l |
| March | — | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | l |
| April | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| June | — | — | l | — | — | — | — | l |
| July | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | l |
| August | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| September | — | — | — | — | l | l | — | 2 |
| October | — | 1 | — | — | — | l | 1 | 3 |
| November | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | l |
| Decembcr | - | — | - | 1 | - | — | — | l |
| Totals | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | l | 3 | l | 16 |
A careful inquiry was made as to the source of infection in each
case. In five instances it was found that the patient had clearly been
infected outside Hampstead; one of these patients was infected ill
India, one in Canada, one in Germany, and two elsewhere. In two