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Hampstead 1905

Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health

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Case No.Initials and Age.Locality.History of Case.
9W. H., 48Fairfax MewsNotified 29th July. No history of infection could be ascertained, but the drains of the house were found to be exceedingly defective, and the premises generally in an insanitary state.
10H. B., 19FrognalNotified 29th July. The patient had been working for a railway contractor in Islington, and had been known to have drunk considerable quantities of mineral waters, which were alleged to be the cause of his illness.
11B. W., 24Finchley roadNotified 22nd August. The patient had been very ill for some weeks prior to the development of the disease, and had been sucking ice obtained from a local butcher. The drains of the house were found to be defective.
12L.P., 19Winchester RoadNotified 29th August. The patient was a domestic servant. No history of infection could be ascertained, but the drains of the house were found to be defective.
13F. H., 30Lithos RoadNotified 21st September. The patient had been spending a holiday in Moscow, and only returned to this country three days prior to the onset of the illness.
14E. H., 29Carlingford roadNotified 23rd September. The patient arrived in London six days previously from Toronto,and was then suffering from what ultimately proved to be Enteric Fever.
15B.J., 40Goldhurst TerraceNotified 3rd October. The patient had returned six days previously from Germany. The disease was probably contracted at Frankfort.
16M. L., 40Carlingford RoadNotified 21st November. The patient had been travelling in England for the past month, and arrived in Hampstead two days previous to the onset of the illness.
17A. H., 24South End GreenNotified 11th December. Patient was a van dweller travelling with an itinerant auctioneer, and had suffered for a week before coming to Hampstead from what ultimately proved to be Enteric Fever.