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Hampstead 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
The principal epidemic diseases to which reference is here made
are Enteric Fever, Small-Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough,
and Diphtheria. All of these, with the exception of Measles and
Whooping Cough, are notifiable diseases, and detailed information concerning
them will be found under (he heading of Notifiable Infectious
Diseases, on pages 41-54, but particulars concerning Measles and
Whooping Cough are given in the following pages:—
The total number of deaths from these diseases amounted to 39, and the death-rate was 0.44 per 1000 of the population. The deaths were distributed as follows:—
| DISEASE. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | No. 2 (Belsize) | No. 3 (Adelaide) | No. 1 (Central) | No. 5 (West End) | No. (> (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory) | ||
| Enteric Fever | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Small-pox | --- | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Measles | 2 | - | l | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 2 | l | — | — | 2 | 10 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Totals | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 39 | |||
Measles.
Twenty-one deaths were recorded from this disease, as compared
with 11 in 1912.
The mortality was 0.24 per 1000 population, the mortality in 1012
being 0.13.