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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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TABLE shewing the attack rate and death rate for the Borough from Smallpox, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, Scarlet Fever, and Enteric Fever, during the years 1901-1905.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack rate per 1000 of the population. | Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Attack rate per 1000 of the population. | Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Attack rate per 1000 of the population. | Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Attack rate per 1000 of the population. | Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Attack rate per 1000 of the population. | Death rate per 1000 of the population. | |
| 1901 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 1.72 | 0.21 | 0.58 | 0.03 | 2.60 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 1.01 | 0.11 | 0.66 | — | 2.99 | 0.08 | 0.52 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 0.01 | — | 0.92 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 0.01 | 1.93 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | — | — | 0.63 | 0.06 | 0.62 | 0.04 | 1.83 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | — | — | 0.71 | 0.03 | 0.48 | 0.03 | 1.93 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.02 |