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Hampstead 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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It will thus be seen from this table that- a smaller percentage of
children are vaccinated each year, and the rate for 1912 is probably
about 60 per cent. of the births registered. The number of unvaccinated
persons must be therefore rapidly increasing, and during the past five
years have added a no inconsiderable number to the population. The
existence of a large unvaccinated population is a factor of which public
health administrators must never lose sight.
| Year. | No, of Cases Notified. |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 214 |
| 1902 | 251 |
| 1903 | 165 |
| 1904 | 159 |
| 1905 | 170 |
| 1906 | 385 |
| 1907 | 314 |
| 1908 | 265 |
| 1909 | 241 |
| 1910 | 135 |
| 1911 | 125 |
| 1912 | 101 |
It will be noticed from the above table that there was a considerable
decrease in the number of cases notified as against the previous
year. The number of cases per 1000 of the population was 1.17. The
corresponding figure in 1911 was 1.46.
Of the cases notified, 77, or 76 per cent., were removed to hospital.
The corresponding percentage in 1911 was 74.
The total number of houses attacked was 85. Five houses had 2
cases each, three houses had 3 cases, and one of these houses had had
6 cases at the close of the preceding year, making a total of 9 cases
occurring in 1 house. In all these instances the subsequent cases took
the infection directly or indirectly from the primary case. Throughout
the year the type of scarlet fever in Hampstead was again very mild, as
is shown by the fact that no death occurred out of a total of 101 cases.