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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 Ward during 1914.
| Disease. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Croup | 95 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 24 | 224 |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 44 |
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | 43 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 121 | 23 | 278 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 |
| Polio-Myelitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Totals | 131 | 89 | 28 | 26 | 68 | 186 | 55 | 583 |