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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 following table shows the number of eases occurring in the various Wards:—
| Months. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilbum). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| January | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | l | 1 | 11 | |
| February | l | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| March | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | |
| April | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 11 |
| May | _ | — | 2 | 3 | 10 | |||
| June | 1 | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| July | — | _ | 1 | — | 5 | |||
| August . | — | __ | — | 4 | ||||
| September | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||
| October | 4 | l | — | 1 | 3 | — | 17 | |
| November | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
| December | 5 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| Totals | 36 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 116 |
Though prevalent in 1913, the number of cases notified was lower
than in the two preceding years. The chief prevalence occurred in the
Town and Belsize Wards. It was more especially associated with
scholars of one school, and only by very close watching and following
up of each case, and by the swabbing of each suspected throat was the
disease checked. In all buildings and areas where outbreaks have
threatened, prompt isolation and disinfection have controlled the malady.
In one Institution, however, in which six cases occurred, the disease
still clings and will need more drastic measures than usual to eliminate it.