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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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The following Table shews the Ward and Month distribution of the cases of Measles:
| Month. | Total No. of Cases | Ward 1 (Town) | Ward 2 (Belsize) | Ward 3) (Adelaide) | Ward 4 (Central) | Ward 5 (West End) | Ward 6 (Kilburn) | Ward 7 (Priory) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | l | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| February | 41 | — | 2 | — | — | 37 | 2 | — |
| March | 26 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| April | 5 | — | 1 | l | — | 3 | — | — |
| May | 67 | — | — | — | 2 | 44 | 21 | — |
| June | 81 | l | 4 | l | — | 22 | 53 | — |
| July | 64 | — | 10 | — | — | 6 | 41 | 7 |
| August | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| September | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| October | 14 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| November | 10 | l | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| December | 61 | 7 | 53 | _ | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 376 | 9 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 132 | 123 | 13 |
Epidemic Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths registered from this cause was 2, as compared
with 13 in 1904. The death rate per 1000 of the population from this
disease was 0'02.
Both of these deaths occurred in the Kilburn Ward in the persons
of children under 1 year of age.
Influenza.
18 deaths resulted from this disease, as compared with 11 in 1904.
Of the total deaths, 1 occurred to a person between 15 and 25 years of
age, 5 to persons between 25 and 65 years of age, and 12 to persons of
65 years of age or upwards.