Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE III. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1906.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Cases Notified in Whole Borough. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1. (Town.) | Ward No. 2. (Belsize.) | Ward No. 3. (Adelaide.) | Ward No. 4. (Central.) | Ward No. 5. (West End.) | Ward No. 6. (Kilburn.) | Ward No. 7. (Priory.) | Ward No. 1. (Town.) | Ward No. 2. (Belsize.) | Ward No. 3. (Adelaide.) | Ward No. 4. (Central.) | Ward No. 5. (West End.) | Ward No. 6. (Kilburn.) | Ward No. 7. (Priory.) | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 96 | .. | 20 | 48 | 16 | 11 | .. | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 4 | |
Membranous croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Erysipelas | 52 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Scarlet fever | 385 | 1 | 88 | 249 | 31 | 16 | .. | 78 | 30 | 16 | 24 | 130 | 92 | 15 | 76 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 118 | 82 | 12 | |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric fever | 20 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 13 | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Relapsing fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued fever | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 557 | 3 | 111 | 309 | 55 | 69 | 10 | 107 | 60 | 29 | 34 | 168 | 128 | 31 | 84 | 39 | 18 | 22 | 143 | 97 | 18 |
The Workhouse is within the Borough, and is situate at New End in No. 1 (Town) Ward.