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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 1907

Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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47
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The total cases of infectious diseases notified numbered 498.
This is equivalent to an attack-rate of 5.5 per 1,000 of the population.
The following shows the number of cases of each disease notified:—
Small Pox 1
Scarlet Fever 314
Enteric Fever 19
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 103
Puerperal Fever 4
Erysipelas 57

Table: The number of fatal cases was 15, equal to 3.0 per cent. of the cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows:—

The number of fatal cases was 15, equal to 3.0 per cent. of the cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows:—

DISEASEWARDS.Totals.
No. 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belsize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central.)No. 5 (West End).No. 6 (Kilburn).No. 7 (Priory).
Scarlet Fever...2......3......5
Enteric Fever...1...1.........2
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup1......113...6
Puerperal Fever......1............1
Erysipelas1..................1
Totals231243...15

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The death rate from the notifiable infectious diseases was,
therefore, 0.6 per 1,000 of the population.
The following table shows the attack and death rates from
Smallpox, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, Erysipelas, Scarlet
Fever and Enteric Fever, for the period 1891-1907:—