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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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Scarlet Fever.
251 cases were notified, as compared with 214 in 1901.
Seven deaths were recorded, equal to 2.7 per cent, of the cases
notified, or 0.08 per 1000 of the population.
Of the cases notified, 169 or 67 per cent. were removed to hospital.
The houses in which cases occurred were inspected and the drains
examined.
Defective drains were found in 84 instances, defective soil pipes in
46 instances, and defective water supplies, &c., in 32 instances.
Cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 251 |
Cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each Ward.
| Ward 1 (Town.) | Ward 2 (Belsize.) | Ward 3 (Adelaide.) | Ward 4 (Central.) | Ward 5 (West End.) | Ward 6 (Kilburn.' | Ward 7 (Priory.) | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 62 | 31 | 28 | 251 |
It should be noted that 10 of the cases in the Town Ward occurred
in the Hampstead "Workhouse, and 15 of the cases notified from the
Belsize Ward occurred in the North-Western Fever Hospital. These
latter occurred either in the persons of servants of the Hospital, or
among patients admitted suffering from some other disease.
Enteric Fever.
44 cases of this disease were notified, being one less than the
number occurring during 1901.
It will be seen from the following table that at no period of the
year was there any special prevalence.