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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 1916
Report for the year 1916 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Bacteriological Work. The following is a Summary of the Bacteriological Work performed by the Lister Institute:—
| Positive. | Negative. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 43 | 167 | 210 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in each month during 1916.
| Disease | MONTHS. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 98 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 40 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 133 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Polio-Mvelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Measles | 40 | 38 | 40 | 56 | 42 | 23 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 325 |
| German Measles | 43 | 40 | 96 | 148 | 121 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 558 |
| Totals | 109 | 97 | 164 | 257 | 18o | 87 | 76 | 55 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 43 | 1173 |
Small-Pox.
No cases of small-pox occurred in Hampstead during the year.
Vaccination.
Of the 1051 births recorded 701 were sucessfully vaccinated.
In 8 cases the children were insusceptible of vaccination. In regard
to 226 Certificates of Conscientious Objection were obtained ; 48 died
before vaccination was performed ; 17 cases of vaccination were postponed
and 53 remained to be dealt with.
1 am indebted to the Vaccination Otficer for these statistics.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
The number of cases notified in 1916 was 98, as compared with
130 in 1915. The attack rate, or number of cases notified per 1,000 of
the population was 1.02 compared with the rate of 1.59 in the previous
year.
The number of cases notified proving fatal was 2, or 2 per cent,
of the cases notified, as against 7.69 per cent, in 1915. The death-rate
per 1,000 of the population, calculated on the total deaths was 0-02.
76 patients, or 58-4 per cent, of the cases notified were removed to
hospital.
In accordance with the Diptheria Anti-toxin (London) Order,
1910, the Borough Council supply anti-toxin free to medical practitioners
for use for the poorer inhabitants of the Borough.