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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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Cases of Enteric Fever notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Cases of Enteric 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. | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
63 cases were notified as compared with 55 in 1904, and the attack
rate per 1000 of the population was 0.71.
The mortality was 3, or 4.7 per cent., of the cases notified, or 0.03
per 1000 of the population.
As a result of the inspection of the houses in which the cases
occurred, defective drains were found in 12 instances, defective soil
pipes in 7 instances, defective water supplies in 14 instances, and
general defects in 10 instances.
Of the cases notified, 39, or 61 per cent., were removed to hospital.
Cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 63 | |||||
| Cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 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. | ||||||||||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 63 | ||||||||||