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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 1893
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1893
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| Mar. 25. | At Messina Avenue. |
| „ 28. | „ Palmerston Road. |
| April 17. | „ N. W. Hospital, from Fairfax Mews. |
| „ 28. | „ Netherwood Street. |
| May 4. | „ Belsize Avenue (croup-diphtheritic). |
| „ 14. | „ Fleet Road. |
| „ 20. | „ Lower Lawn Road. |
| „ 23. | „ Western Fever Hospital, from Ingham Road. |
| „ 27. | „ N. W. Hospital, „ „ |
| „ 28. | „ „ „ „ |
| „ 30. | „ ,, from White Bear Lane |
| June 3. | „ Loveridge Road. |
| „ 13. | „ Ornan Road. |
| „ 30. | „ Greville Road. |
| July 10. | „ Belsize Road. |
| „ 23. | „ N. W. Hospital, from Alexandra Mews. |
| „ 30. | „ Workhouse, „ Fleet Road. |
| Aug. 17. | „ N. W. Hospital, „ Greville Road. |
| „ 24. | „ UniversityHospital „ Fleet Road. |
| Oct. 4. | „ Maygrove Road. |
| „ 17. | „ Fleet Road. |
| Dec. 1. | „ Middlesex Hospital, from Fordwych Road. |
| „ 26. | „ N. W. Hospital, „ Holly Mount. |
Scarlet Fever was the cause of 20 deaths, showing an
excess of 15 over those of 1892. The total number of cases
reported was 512 against 320 for the previous year. 214 of
these were removed to isolation hospitals. The mortality of
fatal cases, nearly 4 per cent., was higher than for the
previous year. This disease became epidemic in London in the
spring months , and continued to increase until the autumn,
when the maximum number of cases was reached. About