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Hampstead 1915
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE II. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health). Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1915.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 & under 5. | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 45 | 45 & under 65 | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 130 | 3 | 34 | 58 | 21 | 11 | 3 | ... | 34 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 104 |
| Erysipelas | 52 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 179 | 1 | 40 | 96 | 26 | 16 | ... | ... | 36 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 42 | 16 | 147 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 |
| Relapsing Fever (Continued Fever) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1) | 172 | ... | 2 | 25 | 30 | 80 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 17 | 63o |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis (2) | 48 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ... | 5 | 6 | 3 | ... | 7 | 21 | 6 | 21o |
| Chicken Pox | 40 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... |
| Totals | 661 | 25 | 96 | 222 | 106 | 140 | 63 | 9 | 122 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 103 | 163 | 63 | 367 |
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 130 | 3 | 34 | 58 | 21 | 11 | 3 | ... | 34 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 104 |
| Erysipelas | 52 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 179 | 1 | 40 | 96 | 26 | 16 | ... | ... | 36 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 42 | 16 | 147 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 |
| Relapsing Fever (Continued Fever) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1) | 172 | ... | 2 | 25 | 30 | 80 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 17 | 63o |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis (2) | 48 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ... | 5 | 6 | 3 | ... | 7 | 21 | 6 | 21o |
| Chicken Pox | 40 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... |
| Totals | 661 | 25 | 96 | 222 | 106 | 140 | 63 | 9 | 122 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 103 | 163 | 63 | 367 |
Isolation Hospitals are provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and residents of Hampstead suffering from infectious disease (excluding Tuberculosis) were
chiefly removed to the North.Western Fever Hospital, which is within the Borough, and is situate at Lawn Road, in No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.
Persons suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis were removed to institutions in various farts of the country.
* These figures relate only to cases notified for the first time in 1914.
(1) Of these 142 cases, 124 were notified on Form A, 8 on Form C, and 10 on Form D.
(2) Of these 30 cases, 25 were notifed on Form A, 4 on Form C, and 1 on Form D.