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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Public Mortuary, New End.
During the year 217 bodies were brought to the mortuary, 4 by the
Police and 206 by order of the Coroner.
214 post-mortem examinations were made.
| Notifications | Removals to Hospitals | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis. Post Infectious | 1 | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 16 | 6 | — |
| Erysipelas | 21 | 5 | —- |
| Food Poisoning | 42 | 2 | —- |
| Measles | 588 | 26 | —- |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | _ |
| Paratyphoid | 5 | 5 | —- |
| Pneumonia | 44 | 10 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 5 | — |
| Scabies | 24 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 77 | 30 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 189 | 12 | — |
| Total | 1,032 | 118 | 7 |
Cancelled cases have not been included.
Smallpox
No case of smallpox occurred in the Borough during 1950.
| Age. | Males. | Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | / Deaths. | |
| Under 1 year | —- | —- | —- | —- |
| 1-2 years | 1 | —- | —- | —- |
| 3-4 „ | — | — | 1 | —- |
| 5-9 ,, | 1 | — | — | — |
| 10-14 „ | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| 15-24 ,, | — | — | 4 | — |
| 25 and over | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |