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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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Again, on the 21st October, 1902, the County Council made
another Order extending the period to which notification of this disease
applied, to the 7th January, 1903.
Chicken-pox has thus, by Orders of the Borough Council and the
London County Council, been a notifiable disease during the whole of
the year under review.
420 cases of the disease were notified.
The expenses connected with the notification of this disease were
considerable, and as far as the detection of errors in diagnosis was concerned,
the measure proved of small value.
Cases of Chicken-pox notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 38 | 50 | 30 | 46 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 66 | 38 | 420 |
Cases of Chicken-pox 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 61 | 22 | 56 | 82 | 77 | 36 | 420 |
Whooping Cough.
This disease accounted for 10 deaths during the year, as compared
with 24 in 1901.
The mortality was 0.ll per 1000 of the population.
Measles.
15 deaths were recorded from this disease, as compared with 1
in 1901.
The mortality was 0.17 per 1000 of the population.