Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1935.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | * Total cases notified in age-periods. | *Total cases notified in each Ward. | * Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total deaths in age-periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No 3 (Adelaide). | 1 Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 and i under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. , | 65 and over. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | |||||||||||
| Cerebro spinal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria | 62 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Encephalitis Le thargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 35 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | l | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 81 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | 12 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| Polio Myelitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 112 | .. | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Typhoid Fever | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| † Measles | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .. | 33 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| ‡ Tuberculosis | 81 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 63 | 38 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .... | 1 | .. | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | |
| Totals | 467 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 85 | 37 | 33 | 122 | 39 | 52 | 23 | 46 | 104 | 51 | 51 | 67 | 94 | 54 | 345 | 72 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 14 | |
* Cancelled cases have not been included.
† Notifiable under the Borough of Hampstead (Measles) Regulations, 1920.
‡ Statistics relating to Tuberculosis are given in subsequent pages.