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Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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75
Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis).
Information concerning Tuberculosis will be found in the Tuberculosis
Section (see pages 105-122).

Table: The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1914, was as follows:—

The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1914, was as follows:—

Small-poxTyphus Fever
CholeraRelapsing Fever
DiphtheriaContinued Fever
Membranous CroupPuerperal Fever
ErysipelasAnthraxoccuring in Man
Scarlet FeverHydrophobia
Epidemic Cerebro-spinalGlanders
MeningitisOphthalmia Neonatorum
PlaguePolio-Myelitis
Typhoid or Enteric Fever

Table: The total cases of infectious diseases notified (excluding Tuberculosis) numbered 583. This is equivalent to an attack rate of 6·7 per 1000 of the population. The following shows the number of cases of each disease notified:—

The total cases of infectious diseases notified (excluding Tuberculosis) numbered 583. This is equivalent to an attack rate of 6·7 per 1000 of the population. The following shows the number of cases of each disease notified:—

Diphtheria and Membranous Croup224
Erysipelas44
Scarlet Fever278
Enteric Fever16
Puerperal Fever7
Polio-Myelitis2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum12

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Of these, Enteric Fever, Small-pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
are deemed to be the principal epidemic diseases (together with Measles
and Whooping Cough, to which notification, however, does not apply).
These six principal epidemic diseases are referred to on page 94.