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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 1905
Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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considerably reduced with the consequent saving of the expenditure
involved, if you were to make arrangements similar to those which have
been in operation for several years in a number of Metropolitan
Boroughs, by which medical practitioners can have the assistance of a
bacteriological examination and report.
TABLE of Cases of Infectious Disease sent from Hampstead to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals and returned as wrongly diagnosed:—
| Year. | Disease. | No. of Removals. | Returned as not suffering from the disease certified. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Scarlet Fever | 169 | 4 |
| 1903 | 111 | 5 | |
| 1904 | 120 | 8 | |
| 1905 | 134 | 10 | |
| 1902 | Diphtheria | 55 | 4 |
| 1903 | 56 | 5 | |
| 1904 | 31 | 4 | |
| 1905 | 39 | 1 | |
| 1902 | Enteric Fever | 27 | 4 |
| 1903 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1904 | 11 | 1 | |
| 1905 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1902 | Small Pox | 17 | 1 |
| 1903 | 1 | - | |
| 1904 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1905 | - | - |
In addition to the above, during the year 1905, two certificates of
cases of Scarlet Fever nursed at home were withdrawn by the medical
attendants.