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Hampstead 1918
Report for the year 1918 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section F.
VITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH.
TABLE I. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1918.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Number of cases notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 109 | 2 | 23 | 57 | 13 | 14 | .. | .. | 22 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 13 | 102 |
| Erysipelas | 28 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .. | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 51 | .. | 8 | 25 | 15 | 3 | .. | .. | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 44 |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | .... | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 291 | .. | 1 | 21 | 43 | 168 | 55 | 3 | 35 | 42 | 54 | 6 | 50 | 74 | 30 | 84* |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis .. | 70 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 14* |
| Measles | 460 | 15 | 135 | 248 | 39 | 21 | 2 | .. | 125 | 131 | 50 | 51 | 27 | 32 | 44 | 24 |
| German Measles | 111 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Totals | 1143 | 29 | 187 | 430 | 161 | 254 | 74 | 8 | 238 | 240 | 160 | 91 | 120 | 184 | 110 | 284 |
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 parts of the country.
*These figures relate only to cases notified for the first time in 1918.