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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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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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
| February | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| March | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 |
| April | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 9 |
| May | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| June | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| July | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| August | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 5 |
| September | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
| October | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| November | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| December | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 57 |
SEVEN PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from these diseases amounted to 41,
and were distributed as follows:—