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Hampstead 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1917.
| Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifiable Disease. | 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 & under 5. | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 45 | 45 & under 65 | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 131 | 1 | 18 | 72 | 26 | 14 | ... | ... | 16 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 118 |
| Erysipelas | 27 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 60 | ... | 8 | 34 | 10 | 8 | ... | ... | 7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 52 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Relapsing Fever (Continued Fever) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1) | 256 | ... | 4 | 9 | 53 | 140 | 41 | 9 | 45 | 20 | 41 | 16 | 35 | 68 | 31 | 84* |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis (2) | 52 | ... | 13 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ... | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 17 * |
| Measles | 125 7 | 41 | 411 | 615 | 102 | 84 | 4 | ... | 105 | 117 | 161 | 131 | 196 | 437 | 110 | 49 |
| German Measles | 946 | 5 | 94 | 286 | 263 | 258 | 39 | 1 | 163 | 121 | 116 | 138 | 199 | 79 | 130 | 20 |
| Totals | 2753 | 54 | 549 | 1044 | 471 | 517 | 104 | 14 | 349 | 342 | 350 | 300 | 456 | 659 | 297 | 357 |
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 Pulmonary Tuberculosis were removed to institutions in various j:arts of the country.
* These figures relate only to cases notified for the first time in 1917
(1) Of these 256 cases, 215 were notified on Form A, 1 on Form B, 23 on Form C. and 17 on Form D.
(2) Of these 52 cases, 49 were notified on Form A, 1 on Form B, 2 on Form C