Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The number of fatal cases was 25, equal to 6.2 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. | |
Enteric Fever | • • | • • | 1 | • • | l | • • | 2 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 7 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 6 | • • | 17 |
Erysipelas | • • | • • | • • | 1 | 1 | • • | • • | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | • • | 1 | • • | • • | 1 | • • | l | 3 |
Polio-Myelitis | .. | • • | 1 | • • | • • | • • | • • | 1 |
Totals | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
The death-rate from the notifiable infectious diseases was 0.29
per 1000 of the population.