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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 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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cases had a doctor been called in to attend the patient, the reason given
by the parents being that they were not in a position to pay for medical
attendance.
The sanitary condition of every house in which a case of Scarlet
Fever occurred was thoroughly investigated, and the following defects
were discovered:—
Drains defective 47
Soil pipes defective 31
Water supplies defective 30
Other defects 60
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 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 |
| February | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 17 | — | 30 |
| March | 3 | 2 | l | 2 | 1 | 11 | — | 20 |
| April | — | 5 | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| May | 1 | 7 | l | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| June | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
| July | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
| August | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 13 | |
| September | 1 | 16 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 22 |
| October | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| November | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| December | 4 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 11 |
| Totals | 36 | 74 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 52 | 13 | 241 |