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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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Of the total cases 10 proved fatal, giving a ease mortality of 22.7
per cent., or 0.ll per 1000 of the population.
The sanitary condition of houses in which the cases occurred was
investigated and the drains tested. Defective drains were found in 19
instances, defective soil pipes in 11 instances, and defective water
supplies, &c., in 7 instances.
Of the cases notified, 27 or 61 per cent., were removed to hospital.
Cases of Enteric Fever notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | l | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 44 |
Cases of Enteric 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 44 |
It should be noted that 2 of the cases in the Town Ward occurred
in the Hampstead Workhouse, but neither of which had been contracted
in the Institution.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
85 cases were notified as compared with 142 in 1901.
As a result of the inspection of the houses in which the cases
occurred, defective drains were found in 36 instances, defective soil
pipes in 17 instances, and defective water supplies, &c., in 8 instances.
The mortality was 10 or 11.7 per cent. of the cases notified, or
O'll per 1000 of the population.
Of the cases notified, 55 or 64 per cent., were removed to hospital.