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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The type of diphtheria that has been prevalent during 1913 has been singularly mild in character, there being but three deaths in 116 cases. The mortality figure from this disease in 1913 is the lowest ever recorded in Hampstead. The mortality from this disease from 1901.1913 is set out in the following table:—
| Year. | No. of Cases Notified. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Percentage of cases occurring. | Per 1000 population. | ||
| 1901 | 18 | 12.6 | 0.21 | |
| 1902 | 10 | 11.7 | ||
| 1903 | 10 | 12.6 | 0.12 | |
| 1904 | 5 | 9.0 | 0.06 | |
| 1905 | 3 | 4.7 | 0.03 | |
| 1906 | 10 | 10.3 | 0.12 | |
| 1907 | 6 | 5.8 | 0.07 | |
| 1908 | 5 | 9.1 | 0.05 | |
| 1909 | 15.1 | 0.05 | ||
| 1910 | 6 | 12.5 | 0.06 | |
| 1911 | 17 | 12.0 | 0.20 | |
| 1912 | 17 | 11.0 | 0.20 | |
| 1913 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.03 | |