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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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Detailed information concerning Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Fever will be found under the heading of Notifiable Infectious Diseases on pages 57-63, but particulars concerning Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea, to which notification does not apply, are given here.
| Year. | Seven Principal Epidemic Diseases. Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Measles. Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Whooping Cough. Death rate per 1000 of the population. | Diarrhoea. Death rate per 1000 of the population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 0.77 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 0.69 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 0.49 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 0.55 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 0.55 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.21 |
Measles.
Ten deaths were recorded from this disease, as compared with
8 in 1905.
The mortality was 0.11 per 1000 population.
Measles is now included amongst the dangerous infectious
diseases to which Sections 60-65, 68-70. and 72-74 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, apply. These sections extend the
provisions relating to isolation and disinfection to measles, but they
do not make the disease compulsorily notifiable.
During the year 1906, 333 cases were brought to the
knowledge of the Department, as compared with 376 in 1905. The
sources of information were as follows:—
Cases notified by medical practitioners 11
„ parents or guardians 87
„ school teachers 218
„ employers and others 8
„ M.A.B. when removing
cases 5
Death Returns 4
333