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Hampstead 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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All of these, with the exception of Measles and Whooping; Cough, are
notifiable diseases, and detailed information concerning them will be
found under the heading of Notifiable Infectious Diseases, on pages
75-94, but particulars concerning Measles and Whooping Cough, to which
compulsory notification does not apply, are given in the following page.
The total number of deaths from the principal epidemic diseases amounted to 34, and the death-rate was 0.39 per 1000 of the population. The deaths were distributed as follows:—
| 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) | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | l | - | - | - | l | - | 3 |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 1 | - | l | 3 | 6 | - | 16 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | l | 11 |
| Totals | 9 | 7 | - | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 34 |
Measles.
Two deaths were recorded from this disease, as compared with 21
in 1913.
The mortality was 0.02 per 1000 population, the mortality in 1913being
0.24.
Since 1903, measles has been included among the dangerous
infectious diseases, to which sections 60-65, 68-70, and 72-74 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, apply. These sections extend the
provisions relating to isolation and disinfection to measles, but they donot
make the disease compulsorily notifiable. However, many cases are
reported by school teachers, parents and others. During the year 1914,.
142 cases were reported, as compared with 276 in 1913.