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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 1895
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1895
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| North-Western Fever Hospital | 285 |
| Hampstead Hospital | 8 |
| St. Peter's Home | 17 |
| North London Hospital for Consumption | 28 |
| Friedenheim | 76 |
| Workhouse | 62 |
| 476 |
Special Causes of Death.—The deaths of parishioners from
the seven principal zymotic diseases, after correction for
those of our parishioners who died in hospitals outside our
district, are equal to a ratio of 1.0 per 1000 living inhabitants,
and less than that for the preceding year, which was
equivalent to 1.4. The ratio for London was 2.74, and for
the Northern districts 2 26.
The following table will show, at a glance, the diminution or excess of deaths in 1895 from the seven principal zymotic diseases:—
| Causes of Death. | 1895. | 1894. | Diminution in 1895 | Excess in 1895. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 20 | 6 | — |
| Measles | 9 | 31 | 22 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 26 | 19 | — |
| Enteric & Typhoid Fever | 9 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Diarrhcea | 29 | 8 | — | 21 |
| Total | 76 | 103 | 52 | 25 |