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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 1911
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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and the chief object of notification is to facilitate the provision of
skilled nursing. Of the five cases notified, one was already being
nursed by a trained nurse, and in three cases the valuable services of
the District Nurse were secured. All these cases made an excellent
recovery. The mother of one patient refuse the services of the
District Nurse, and as she shortly after left Hampstead I am unable to
give the result of this patient's illness.
| DISEASE. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | No. 2 (Belsize) | No. 3 (Adelaide) | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End) | No. 6 (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory) | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 4 | l | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 7 | 1 | l | — | 2 | 6 | — | 17 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| Diarrhæa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Totals | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 51 |
The death-rate from the seven principal epidemic diseases was therefore 0.59 per 1000 of the population.
| Year. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1903. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death-rate per 1000 of the population from the seven principal epi demic diseases. | 0.70 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 0.59 | |