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Hampstead 1907
Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Enteric Fever.
The number of cases notified was 19 as compared with 20 in
1906 and 17 in 1905. The attack rate per 1000 population was 0.21.
The number of fatal cases was 2 or 10.5 per cent. of the cases notified.
The death.rate per 1000 population was 0.02 ; 6 patients, or
32 per cent. of the total cases notified, were removed to hospital.
The sanitary condition of each house in which a case of Enteric Fever occurred was investigated and the following defects were discovered:—
| Drains defective | 5 |
| Soil pipes defective | 4 |
| Water supply defective | 2 |
| Other defects | 4 |
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| February | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| March | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| April | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| May | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| June | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| July | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| August | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| October | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| November | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| December | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Totals | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 4 | — | 19 |