Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The number of fatal cases was 25, equal to 7.8 per cent. of the cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows:—
DISEASE. | WARDS | Totals. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | .. | 1 | l | 1 | 7 | 6 | l | 17 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | 4 | |||||
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Polio-Myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 4 | l | 1 | l | 25 |
The death-rate from the notifiable infectious diseases was 0.29
per 1000 of the population.