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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 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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population being T08. The number of fatal cases was 10, or 10'3
per cent, of the cases notified. The death-rate per 1000 population
was 0.12; 65 patients, or 67 per cent, of the total cases notified,
were removed to hospital.
A thorough examination was made of the sanitary condition
of every house in which a case of diphtheria occurred, and the
following defects were discovered:—
Drains defective 26
Soilpipesdefective 8
Water supply defective 7
Other defects 27
The following table shows the number of cases occurring each month in the various wards:—
| Month. | 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) | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| February | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| March | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| April | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 |
| June | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| July | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 8 |
| August | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| September | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 10 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 15 |
| November | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| December | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Totals | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 97 |