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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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Careful inquiries were made in each case, with a view to ascertaining
the source of infection. Twelve of the cases occurred among the staff of
the North- Western Fever Hospital, as compared with 8 in 1913.
The following table shows the number of cases occurring 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 | 3 | 3 | l | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| February | 2 | 2 | l | — | 1 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| March | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 12 | — | 23 |
| April | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | — | 27 |
| May | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| June | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | — | 26 |
| July | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | — | 16 |
| August | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 19 | 3 | 25 |
| September | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 33 |
| October | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| November | 4 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| December | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 17 |
| Totals | 25 | 43 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 121 | 23 | 278 |
Enteric Fever.
The number of cases notified was 16 as compared with 14 in 1913,
and 9 in 1912. The attack-rate per 1000 population was 0.18. One
of the cases notified proved fatal, or 6.2 per cent. of the cases notified.
Two other deaths from this disease were allocated to Hampstead which