Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1921.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Number of cases notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis, acute | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 408 | 7 | 66 | 254 | 48 | 27 | 6 | .. | 36 | 66 | 11 | 14 | 137 | 128 | 16 | 360 |
Dysentery | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica, acute | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Enteric Fever | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Erysipelas | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
Malaria | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Measles | 175 | 8 | 60 | 97 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 11 | 27 | 45 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 5 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 54 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Polio-encephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Polio-Myelitis, acute | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 371 | 3 | 50 | 235 | 45 | 35 | 3 | .. | 49 | 76 | 25 | 37 | 47 | 108 | 29 | 318 |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
*Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 103 | .. | .. | 4 | 24 | 61 | 14 | .. | 14 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 88 |
*Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | 55 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | .. | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 24 |
Totals | 1227 | 32 | 185 | 631 | 156 | 170 | 46 | 7 | 137 | 212 | 111 | 78 | 248 | 327 | 114 | 829 |
Isolation Hospitals are provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and residents of Hampstead suffering from infectious disease (excluding
Tuberculosis) were chiefly removed to the North-Western Fever Hospital, which is within the Borough, and is situate at Lawn Road in
No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.
Persons suffering from Tuberculosis when removed were sent to institutions in various parts of the country.
* These figures relate only to cases notified for the first time in 1921.