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Hampstead 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Bacteriological Work.
The following is a Summary of the Bacteriological Work
performed by the Lister Institute :—
Positive. Negative Total.
Diphtheria 72 293 365
Enteric Fever 4 — 4
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in each month during 1917.
| Disease. | MONTHS. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. | |
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 131 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 60 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-Myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Measles | 60 | 193 | 210 | 170 | 239 | 214 | 120 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1257 |
| German Measles | 50 | 102 | 255 | 240 | 174 | 71 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 946 |
| Totals | 123 | 318 | 487 | 429 | 426 | 302 | 165 | 55 | 21 | 37 | 37 | 45 | 2445 |
Small-Pox.
No cases of small-pox occurred in Hampstead during the year.
Vaccination.
Of the births recorded 636 were successfully vaccinated.
In 11 cases the children were insusceptible of vaccination. In regard
to 202 Certificates of Conscientious Objection were obtained; 61 died
before vaccination was performed; 15 cases of vaccination were postponed
and 74 remained to be dealt with.
I am indebted to the Vaccination Officer for these statistics.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
The number of cases notified in 1917 was 131, as compared with
98 in 1916. The attack rate, or number of cases notified per 1,000 of
the population was 1.73 compared with the rate of 1.02 in the previous
year.
The number of cases notified proving fatal was 3, or 2.29 per
cent. of the cases notified, as against 2 per cent. in 1916. The deathrate
per 1,000 of the population, calculated on the total deaths was 0.03.
118 patients, or 90.7 per cent. of the cases notified were removed to
hospital.
In accordance with the Diphtheria Anti-toxin (London) Order,
1910, the Borough Council supply anti-toxin free to medical practitioners
for use for the poorer inhabitants of the Borough.