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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Prevalence of, and Control over, Infectious and other Diseases Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1937.
| 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). | 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 | 87 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 3 | •• | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 84 | 4 | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Dysentery | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 3 | 1 | 1 | •• | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | •• | 3 | 1 | 7 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Erysipelas | 25 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | •• | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 10 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Malaria | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Ophthalmia Neo natorum | 22 | 22 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | •• | 4 | 7 | 18 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Pneumonia | 91 | 5 | 3 | 2 | i | 3 | 2 | '2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 22 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| Polio Myelitis | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | l | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 17 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Scarlet Fever | 177 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 31 | 11 | 37 | 6 | I | •• | 15 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 42 | 28 | 148 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| † Measles | 90 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | •• | •• | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 4 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | 2 | 3 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• |
| Encephalitis Lethargia | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | • • |
| Totals | 534 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 33 | 131 | 42 | 27 | 109 | 25 | 40 | 28 | 73 | 98 | 62 | 50 | 51 | 143 | 57 | 335 | 31 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
* Cancelled cases have not been included.
† Notifiable under the Borough of Hampstead (Measles) Regulations, 1920.
Statistics relating to Tuberculosis are given in subsequent pages.