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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 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1898

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Table: Table No. I. Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the Year1898, in theHampstead Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Table No. I. Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the Year1898, in theHampstead Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Populationat allAges.Registered Births.Aged under 5or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Localitycoming to the knowledge of theMedical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the Several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census, 1896.Estimated to middle of 1897.12345678910111234567891011
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
North Western Hospital Haverstock Hill.........Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds....25...........................25........................
Sailors' Orphan Girls' Home, Fitzjohns Avenue.........Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds....16..............................16...........................
Hampstead Workhouse.........Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds................3............4.................................
Hampstead75449806231516Under 5...53372..................2...3420........................
5 upwds....167891...46......1...35...86451...25...............
Totals75449806231516Under 5...53372..................2...3420........................
5 upwds....185941...49......1...39...104501...25...............