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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1936.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | * Total cases notified in age-periods. | 'Total cases notified in each Ward. | *Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total deaths in age-periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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). | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | 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. | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 51 | i | 1 | 8 | « | 14 | i | 4 | U | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 50 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | i | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 38 | 2 | 1 | i | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | y | 5 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ib | 1h | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 8.5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Polio Myelitis | 1 | 1 | I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal P ever .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Vfl | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | •> | 6 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 114 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 19 | 16 | 9 S | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Q | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | i | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| f Measles .. | 91H | 2S | KB | 63 | 97 | 127 | 393 | 73 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 66 | 148 | 99 | .0 | 211 | 225 | 99 | 13' | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| J Tuberculosis | 94 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 79 | 39 | 2 | 2 | i | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| Totals | 1352 | 50 | 69 | 67 | 111 | 140 | 453 | 100 | 64 | 169 | 43 | 59 | 27 | 109 | 225 | 149 | 126 | 278 | 328 | 137 | 456 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | i | — | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 19 14 1 | ||
* Cancelled cases have not been included.
† Notifiable under the Borough of Hampstead (Measles) Regulations, 1920.
‡ Statistics relating to Tuberculosis are given in subsequent pages.