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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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Of the cases notified, 134 or 78 per cent. were removed to hospital.
The houses in which cases occurred were inspected and the drains
examined.
Defective drains were found in 43 instances, defective soil pipes in
32 instances, defective water supplies in 24 instances, and general defects
in 52 instances.
Cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 170 | ||||
| Cases of Scarlet 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. | |||||||||
| 34 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 41 • | 23 | 170 | |||||||||
It should he noted that of the cases notified from the Belsize Ward
2 occurred in the North-Western Fever Hospital. These occurred in
members of the Staff of the Hospital.
Enteric Fever.
17 cases of this disease were notified, as compared with 26 in 1904.
The attack rate per 1000 of the population was 0.19.
It will he seen from the following table that the disease was rather
more prevalent in May and July than any other months.
Of the total cases 2 proved fatal, giving a case mortality of 11.8
per cent., or 0.02 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 5
instances, defective soil pipes in 5 instances, defective water supplies in
3 instances, and general defects in 3 instances.
Of the eases notified, 10, or 58 per cent., were removed to hospital.