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Hampstead 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Whooping Cough.
Ten deaths occurred from whooping cough as against 4 in 1912,
3 in 1911, and 11 in 1910. The mortality per 1000 population was
0.11. Like measles, whooping cough tends to become complicated by
pneumonia, and the patients require to be carefully looked after, but
unfortunately it is popularly regarded as a disease of slight importance.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board now provide hospital treatment
for suitable cases of whooping cough that are recommended by the
Medical Officer of Health. The number of Hampstead patients removed
to the Board's Hospitals during the year amounted to 3.
The deaths at all ages from whooping cough since 1901 are arranged in the following table in Wards:—
| year. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| 1901 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 1902 | 4 | 2 | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1903 | 3 | 1 | _ | — | — | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 1904 | _ | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 8* |
| 1905 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 1906 | — | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | - | 2 |
| 1907 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 1908 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| 1909 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 1910 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 1911 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 1912 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 1913 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | — | 2 | 10 |
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 47 | 16 | 139 |
* One death was non-distributable,