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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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Twelve specimens of blood from patients suspected to be suffering
from enteric fever were submitted by the doctors in attendance, for
bacteriological examination, five specimens proving positive and seven
negative.
The following table shows the number of cases occurring 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 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 3 |
| February | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | - | 3 |
| May | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| June | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| August | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| September | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| October | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| November | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
As regards the source of infection, in two cases it was found that
the patients had partaken of oysters, one patient, a female aged 13,
had drunk dirty water from a ditch in Devonshire, in three cases the
patients appeared to have contracted the disease on the Continent, one
at a seaside resort whilst on holiday, and another whilst living in an