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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Enteric Fever.
The number of cases notified was 9, as compared with 13 in 1911,
and 16 in 1910. The attack rate per 1000 population was 0.10. The
number of fatal cases was 1, or 11.1 per cent. of the cases notified. The
death rate per 1000 population was 0.01; 5 patients, or 55 per cent. of
the total cases notified, were removed to hospital.
Seven specimens of blood from patients suspected to be suffering
from enteric fever were submitted by the doctors in attendance for
bacteriological examination, three specimens proving positive and four
negative.
The following table shows the number of eases occuring in the various wards:—
| Month. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| January | — | — | — | — | l | — | — | 1 |
| February | 1 | — | — | — | — | l | — | |
| March | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| April | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May | — | — | — | — | — | — | l | 1 |
| June | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| August | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| September | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October | — | l | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| November | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| December | — | — | — | — | l | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | — | — | 3 | l | l | 9 | ||