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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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Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in each Month during 1914.
| Disease. | MONTHS. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 11 | 23 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 224 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 44 |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 33 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 278 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Polio-Myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Totals | 39 | 48 | 84 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 27 | 36 | 58 | 80 | 55 | 33 | 583 |