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Hampstead 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]

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37
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Information concerning Consumption will be found in the
Tuberculosis Section (see pages 55-56).

Table: The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1912 was as follows:—

The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1912 was as follows:—

Small-poxTyphus Fever
CholeraRelapsing Fever
DiphtheriaContinued Fever
Membranous CroupPuerperal Fever
ErysipelasAnthraxoccuring in Man
Scarlet FeverHydrophobia
Epidemic Cerebro-spinalGlanders
MeningitisOphthalmia Neonatorum
PlaguePolio-Myelitis
Tvphoid Fever

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The total cases of infectious disease notified numbered 320.
This is equivalent to an attack rate of 3.7 per 1000 of the population.

Table: The following shows the number of cases of each disease notified:—

The following shows the number of cases of each disease notified:—

Scarlet Fever101
Enteric Fever9
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup155
Puerperal Fever3
Erysipelas44
Ophthalmia Neonatorum6
Polio-Myelitis1
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1