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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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at Friedenham, the disinfection of the patients' home was carried out at
the time of the removal of the patients to those institutions. Besides
these 25 deaths, 3 notified cases died in institutions outside the Borough.
Deaths of Non-notified Cases.
40 deaths took place of cases which had not been notified, viz.:—
33 in private houses, and 7 in institutions.
Upon becoming aware, by means of the Registrar's Returns, of a
death from Pulmonary Phthisis occurring in a private house, and not
previously notified to the Medical Officer of Health, an Inspector has
called in suitable cases and offered disinfection; such offer was accepted
in 16 instances.
The 65 Hampstead "residents" who died in the Borough during the year consisted of 38 males and 27 females, and their occupations were as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No occupation | 4 | No occupation given in death returns | 19 |
| Army pensioners | 2 | ||
| Art master | 1 | Daily servant | 1 |
| Baker | 1 | Dressmaker | 1 |
| Barrister | 1 | Milliner | 1 |
| Carpenter | 1 | Needlewomen | 2 |
| Clerks | 3 | Newsagent | 1 |
| Coachmen | 3 | Upholstresses | 2 |
| Coal porter | 1 | 27 | |
| Concert manager | 1 | ||
| Domestic servant | 1 | ||
| Electric light trimmer | 1 | ||
| Embosser on paper | 1 | ||
| Furniture remover | 1 | ||
| House painters | 3 | ||
| Labourers | 2 | ||
| Page | 1 | ||
| Photographer's traveller | 1 | ||
| Plumber's mate | 1 | ||
| Police constable | 1 | ||
| Porter | 1 | ||
| Potman | 1 | ||
| Printer's compositor | 1 | ||
| Shipowner | 1 | ||
| Stockbroker | 1 | ||
| Tailor's salesman | 1 | ||
| Tutor | 1 | ||
| 38 | |||