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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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The following table shows the age distribution of the patients dying from consumption in Hampstead in the four years 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906.
| 1904 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 73 |
| 1905 | 1 | — | 12 | 57 | 3 | 73 |
| 1906 | 1 | — | 8 | 45 | 3 | 57 |
| Totals - | 3 | 2 | 49 | 201 | 14 | 269 |
In 1902 a system of voluntary notification of Phthisis came into
operation in Hampstead. The following table gives the number of
patients notified in each year since 1902:—
Year. No. of patients notified.
1902 51
1903 34
1904 39
1905 27
1906 35
Four of the notification certificates received during 1906 related
to patients who had already been notified; the number of new cases
notified was, therefore, 35, and of these 18 were males and 17
females. The notifications received were from the following
sources:—
Patients notified by the Poor Law Medical Officers - 12
Patients notified from the Hainpstead General
Hospital 3
Patients notified from the Mount Vernon Hospital
Out Patient department 8
Patients notified by private practitioners 12
Seven of the patients notified died during the year. In four
cases death occurred within a month from the date of notification.