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Hampstead 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1911.

notifiable disease.Number of cases notified.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Ward No. 1 (Town).Ward No. 2 (Belsize).Ward No 3 (Adelaide).Ward No. 4 (Central).Ward No. 5 (West End).Ward No. 6 (Kilburn).Ward No. 7 (Priory).
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox................................
Cholera................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)141..397315131..50216917299108
Erysipelas49..25128184771382036
Scarlet Fever125..27651517..113449913251293
Typhus Fever................................
Enteric Fever13..13243....4132219
Relapsing Fever................................
Continued Fever................................
Puerperal Fever6......24........12115
Plague................................
PhthisisUnder Tuberculosis Regulations, 190846..197218..14642313446
Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 191167....418396..131236919539
Others (Voluntary System)11..12161........1..10..2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55......................5....
Polio-Myelitis6121..2....112..2....1
Chicken-pox58..173371....896431810..
Totals5276901957911537510610532385914245309

Isolation Hospitals are provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and residents of Hampstead suffering from infectious disease are usually
sent to the North-Western Hospital, which is within the Borough, and is situate at Lawn Road, in No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.