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Hampstead 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section D.
PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1 .—Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
The following is a list, alphabetically arranged, of the infectious
diseases which were compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead during 1921:—
Anthrax Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Plague
acute Pneumonia, acute influenzal or
Cholera acute primary
Continued Fever Polio-Encephalitis, acute
Diphtheria Polio-Myelitis, acute
Dysentery Puerperal Fever
Encephalitis Lethargica, Relapsing Fever
acute Scarlatina
Enteric Fever Scarlet Fever
Erysipelas Small-pox
Glanders Trench Fever
Hydrophobia Tuberculosis, all forms
Malaria Typhoid Fever
Measles Typhus Fever
Membranous Croup
No cases of the following notifiable diseases were reported during
the year:—
Anthrax Hydrophobia
Cerebro-Spinal Membranous Croup
Meningitus, acute Polio encephalitis, acute
Cholera Polio myelitis, acute
Continued Fever Relapsing Fever
Glanders Trench Fever
Typhus Fever.