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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 1902
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in each Ward during 1902.
| Disease. | No. 1* (Town) | No. 2f (Belsize) | No. 3 (Adelaide) | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End) | No. 6 (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory) | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| Diphtheria & Membranous Croup | 9 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 85 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 56 |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 62 | 31 | 28 | 251 |
| Typhoid and Enteric Fever | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 44 |
| Puerperal Fever. . | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Continued Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhus and Relapsing Fevers, and Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | 86 | 61 | 22 | 56 | 82 | 77 | 36 | 420 |
| Totals | 150 | 155 | 62 | 96 | 184 | 153 | 80 | 880 |
* In this Ward are included 1 case of Diphtheria, 1 of Erysipelas, 10 of Scarlet Fever, and 2 of Enteric Fever, occurring in the Workhouse,
† In this Ward are included 4 cases of Diphtheria and 15 of Scarlet Fever, occurring in the North-Western Hospital, Lawn Road.