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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 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The number of fatal cases was 23, but of these two were cases of Enteric Fever and three of Diphtheria that, for various reasons were not notified to me as cases of infectious disease. The deaths of these persons, however, were allocated to Hampstead. The 18 notified fatal cases were equal to 3·9 per cent. of the total cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows:—

The number of fatal cases was 23, but of these two were cases of Enteric Fever and three of Diphtheria that, for various reasons were not notified to me as cases of infectious disease. The deaths of these persons, however, were allocated to Hampstead. The 18 notified fatal cases were equal to 3·9 per cent. of the total cases notified. The deaths were distributed as follows:—

DISEASE.WARDSTotals.
No. 1 (Town).No. 2 (Belsize).No. 3 (Adelaide).No. 4 (Central).No. 5 (West End).'No. 6 (Kilburn).No. 7 (Priory).
Diphtheria and Membranous Croupl3..2..4111
Erysipelas1........1..2
Scarlet Feverl1..........2
Enteric Feverl1......1..3
Puerperal Feverl1....1....3
Polio-Myelitisl..........12
Totals66..216223

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The death-rate from the notifiable infectious diseases, including the
five deaths above referred to, was 0·26 per 1000 of the population.