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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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The following table shows the age distribution of the patients dying from consumption in Hampstead in the nine years 1903-1910:—
| Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65- | ||
| 1903 | — | 1 | 14 | 46 | 5 | 66 |
| 1904 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 73 |
| 1905 | 1 | — | 12 | 57 | 3 | 73 |
| 1906 | 1 | — | 8 | 45 | 3 | 57 |
| 1907 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 61 |
| 1908 | — | 2 | 14 | 55 | 3 | 74 |
| 1909 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 53 |
| 1910 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 7 | 58 |
| 1911 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 56 |
| Totals | 7 | 9 | 102 | 419 | 34 | 571 |
In 1902 a system of voluntary notification of consumption was
adopted in Hampstead, on January 1st, 1909, the Public Health(Tuberculos's)
Regulations of the Local Government Board, which provide for
the compulsory notification of cases of consumption occurring in Poor
Law patients, came into operation, and on May 1st, 1911, compulsory
notification was extended by the Public Health(Tuberculosis in
Hospitals) Regulations, 1911, to all cases of consumption occurring in
hospital patients. The following table gives the number of patientnewly
notified in each year since 1902:—
Year. No. of patients notified.
1902 51
1903 34
1904 39
1905 27
1906 35
1907 55
1908 30
1909 67
1910 77
1911 113