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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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Puerperal Fever.
2 cases were notified, neither of which proved fatal, as compared
with 6 cases and 4 deaths in 1904. The houses in which the cases
occurred were inspected, and defective drains were found in 2 instances,
defective soil pipes in 1 instance, defective water supply in 1 instance,
and general defects in 1 instance.
The Ward distribution of these cases is as follows:— 1 in Ward 1,
and 1 in Ward 2.
Erysipelas.
42 cases were notified, and 3 deaths occurred, as compared with 54
cases and 4 deaths in 1904. The case mortality was 7.1 per cent.
The attack rate per 1000 of the population was 0.48 and the death
rate 0.03.
Of the cases notified, 6, or 14 per cent., were removed to hospital.
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 6 instances, defective water supplies in 6 instances, and general
defects in 12 instances.
Cases of Erysipelas notified in each Month.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 42 | |||||
| Cases of Erysipelas 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. | ||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||||
Continued Fever.
One case was notified during 1905, in April, from the Kilburn
Ward. On inspection, the water supply was found to he defective.