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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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in Poor Law patients, cainc into operation. The following table gives the number of patients notified in each year since 1902:—
| Year. | No. of pati»nt3 notified. |
|---|---|
| 1902 | 51 |
| 1903 | 34 |
| 1904 | 39 |
| 1905 | 27 |
| 1906 | 35 |
| 1907 | 55 |
| 1908 | 30 |
| 1909 | 67 |
| 1910 | 77 |
The total number of Hampstead patients notified during 1910 was
77, but 13 of these had been previously notified—1 in 1906, 2 in 1907,
1 in 1908, and 9 in 1909 ; the number of new patients notified was 64,
and of those 33 were males and 31 females. The increase in the number
of patients notified in the last two years is due to the operation of the
instalment of compulsory notification provided by the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulation, 1908.
The total number of notification certificates received during 1910,
including duplicates, was 135, relating to 89 cases, of which 12 belonged
to districts outside Hampstead. The number of certificates relating to
Hampstead patients was 123, and of these 33 were made under the
voluntary system, and 90 under the Regulations.
The notifications were received from the following sources:—
| Private Practitioners | 14 |
| Hospitals and Dispensaries | 19 |
| Hampstead District Poor Law Medical Officers | 28 |
| Medical Officer, Hampstead Workhouse | 38 |
| Medical Officers of outlying Poor Law Institutions on admission of Hampstead patients | 5 |
| Master of Hampstead Workhouse on discharge of patients | 14 |
| Masters of outlying Poor Law Institutions on the discharge of patients to Hampstead addresses | 5 |
| 123 |