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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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| DISEASE. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | No. 2 (Belsize) | No. 3 (Adelaide) | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End) | No. 6 (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory) | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | — | 1 | 1 | l | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | — | l | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | l | 3 |
| Totals | 4 | 5 | l | 2 | 12 | 2 | 36 | |
The death-rate from the seven principal epidemic diseases was therefore 0.42 per 1000 of the population.
| Year. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.70 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.42 |
Detailed information concerning small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria
and fever will be found under the heading of Notifiable Infectious
Diseases, on pages 42-48, but particulars concerning measles, whooping
cough, and diarrhœa, to which notification does not apply, are given
below:—