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Hampstead 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Careful inquiries were made in each case, with a view to ascertaining
the source of infection. Five of the cases occurred among the staff of
the North-Western Fever Hospital.
The following table shows the number of cases occuring in the various wards.
| Month. | WARDS. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No 5 (West End). | No 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | Totals. | |
| January | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | ||
| February | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | ||
| March | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| April | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | |
| May | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| June | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | |
| July | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| August | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | |
| September | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | |
| October | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | |
| November | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| December | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Totals | 10 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 101 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
The number of cases notified in 1912 was 155, as compared with
141 in 1911, the attack rate, or number of cases notified per 1000
population, being 1.80. The number of fatal cases was 17, or 11.0 per
cent. of the cases notified. The death-rate per 1000 population was
0.20; 123 patients, or 79 per cent. of the total cases notified, were
removed to hospital.