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Hampstead 1913

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

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41
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS).
Information concerning Tuberculosis will be found in the Tuberculosis
Section (See pages 68-69).

Table: The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1913 was as follows: —

The list of infectious diseases notifiable in London under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1913 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
Typhoid Fever

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The total cases of infectious diseases notified numbered 374. This is
equivalent to an attack rate of 4.3 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: —

Diphtheria and Membranous Croup116
Erysipelas32
Scarlet Fever198
Enteric Fever14
Puerperal Fever1
Polio-Myelitis4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum9