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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 cases 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 | 2 | l | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 19 |
| February | 1 | l | 4 | — | — | 3 | 10 | |
| March | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | 11 |
| April | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 11 | |
| May | — | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 |
| June | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 9 |
| July | 1 | - | 1 | — | 4 | 10 | — | 17 |
| August | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | |
| September | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | — | 23 | |
| October | - | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 16 | — | 26 |
| November | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| December | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 26 | |
| Totals | 20 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 33 | 78 | 11 | 198 |
Enteric Fever
The number of cases notified was 14 as compared with 9 in 1912,
and 13 in 1911. The attack-rate per 1000 population was 0.16. The
number of fatal cases was 1, or 7.1 per cent of the cases notified. The
death-rate per 1000 population was 0*01 : 6 patients, or 43 per cent, of
the total cases notified, were removed to hospital.