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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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 |