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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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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No, 2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Cential). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 17 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 10 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| Cholera | — | — | - | _- | -_ | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 84 | -_ | 28 | 36 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 |
| Membraneous croup | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 56 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 251 | -_ | 62 | 128 | 42 | 19 | - | 35 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 62 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 44 | 20 | 17 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 44 | - | 1 | 8 | 16 | 19 | - | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Continued fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | -_ | -_ | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | - | — | 1 | — | — |
| Plague | — | -_ | -_ | _- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chicken-pox | 420 | 22 | 126 | 252 | 14 | 6 | - | 86 | 61 | 22 | 56 | 82 | 77 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 880 | 221 | 433 | 94 | 102 | 6 | 160 | 155 | 62 | 96 | 184 | 153 | 80 | 46 | 67 | 19 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 27 | |