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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 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1920.
| 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. | |||||||||||
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis, acute | 2 | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | 162 | 3 | 22 | 82 | 31 | 23 | 1 | •• | 31 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 21 | 9 | 143 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica, acute | 4 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 2 | |
| Enteric Fever | 23 | •• | •• | •• | 14 | 5 | 4 | •• | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | •• | •• | 15 | |
| Erysipelas | 39 | •• | •• | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Malaria | 8 | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 5 | 1 | •• | 2 | 1 | •• | •• | 2 | 1 | 1 | • • | |
| Measles (from 1st August) | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | 2 | •• | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | •• | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pneumonia | 75 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 8 | |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | |
| Polio-Myelitis, acute | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 253 | •• | 28 | 159 | 37 | 29 | •• | •• | 26 | 47 | 21 | 27 | 42 | 75 | 15 | 218 | |
| Small Pox | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 118 | •• | •• | 11 | 28 | 58 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 44 | |
| Tuberculosis, Non.Pulmonary | 53 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 1 | •• | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 14 | |
| Totals | 767 | 19 | 69 | 292 | 141 | 171 | 56 | 19 | 108 | 137 | 81 | 55 | 134 | 195 | 57 | 461 | |
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 Tuberculosis when removed were sent to institutions in various parts of the country.
* These figures relate only to cases notified for the first time in 1920.