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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 1915
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Positive. | Negative. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diptheria | 61 | 167 | 228 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 3 | 3 |
Cases ofInfectious Disease occurring in each month during 1915.
| disease. | months. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
| Diptheria and Membranous Croup | 13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 8 | l6 | 13 | 10 | 138 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 52 |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 192 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Polio-Myelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| Chicken-pox | — | — | 7 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 40 | |||||
| Totals | 40 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 40 | 55 | 28 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 32 | 465 |
Small-Pox.
No cases of small-pox occurred in Hampstead during the year.
Vaccination.
Of the 1236 births recorded 613 were successfully vaccinated.
In two cases the children were insusceptible of vaccination. In regard
to 260, Certificates of Conscientious Objection were obtained; 60 died
before vaccination was performed; 27 cases of vaccination were postponed
and 274 remained to be dealt with.
I am indebted to the Vaccination Officer for these statistics.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
The number of cases notified in 1915 was 130, as compared with
224 in 1914. The attack rate, or number of cases notified per 1,000 of
the population was 1.59 compared with the rate of 2.58 in the previous
year.
The number of cases notified proving fatal was 10, or 7'69 per
cent. of the cases notified, as against 3.6 per cent. in 1914. The deathrate
per 1,000 of the population, calculated on the total deaths was 0.12.
104 patients, or 80 per cent. of the cases notified were removed to
hospital.
In accordance with the Diphtheria Anti-toxin (London) Order,
1910, the Borough Council supply anti-toxin free to medical practitioners
for use for the poorer inhabitants of the Borough.