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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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cent. of the cases notified. The death-rate per 1,000 population
was 0.07; 81 patients, or 79 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 | 21 |
| Soil pipes defective | 12 |
| Water supply defective | 7 |
| Other defects | 25 |
The following table shows the number of cases occurring each month in the various wards :—
| Month. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| January | 7 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 12 |
| February | 4 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 12 |
| March | 2 | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 10 |
| April | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| May | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 9 |
| June | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 |
| July | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| August | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| September | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 9 |
| October | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| November | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 7 |
| December | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 24 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 103 |