Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Deaths.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis in 1913 was 71. Of these,
49 deaths were due to pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption, 6 to
tuberculous meningitis, and 6 to other forms of tuberculosis.
The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rates from all forms of tuberculosis and from consumption respectively since 1899:—
Year. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1000 population. | Deaths from Consumption. | Death-rate per 1000 population. | Cases of Consumption notified. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1899 | 98 | 1.21 | 81 | 0.98 | - |
1900 | 92 | 1.13 | 69 | 0.85 | — |
1901 | 118 | 1.44 | 73 | 0.89 | — |
1902 | 97 | 1.18 | 73 | 0.89 | 51 |
1903 | 90 | 1.09 | 60 | 0.80 | 34 |
1904 | 102 | 1.23 | 73 | 0.88 | 39 |
1905 | 95 | 1.14 | 73 | 0.87 | 27 |
190G | 79 | 0.94 | 57 | 0.68 | 35 |
1907 | 92 | 1.09 | 61 | 0.72 | 55 |
1908 | 84 | 0.99 | 74 | 0.87 | 30 |
1909 | 75 | 0.88 | 53 | 0.62 | 67 |
1910 | 80 | 0.94 | 58 | 0.68 | 77 |
1911 | 70 | 0.82 | 56 | 0.65 | 113 |
1912 | 77 | 0.88 | 64 | 0.74 | 183 |
1913 | 71 | 0.81 | 49 | 0.56 | 300 |
The deaths from consumption and from all forms of tuberculosis during 1913 were distributed among the wards as follows:—
Ward. | Area (Acres). | Estimated Population middle of 1913. | Consumption. | Tuberculosis (All Formss.) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||||
No. 1 (Town) | 686 | 14250 | 11 | 0.76 | 13 | 0.89 | |
,, 2 (Belsize) | 271 | 14000 | 5 | 0.35 | 6 | 0.42 | |
,, 3 (Adelaide) | 325 | 9780 | 4 | 0.40 | 5 | 0.50 | |
,, 4 (Central) | 312 | 9996 | — | - | _ | _ | |
„ 5 (West End) | 247 | 13050 | 7 | 0.53 | 10 | 0.75 | |
,, 6 (Kilburn) | 195 | 15200 | 18 | 110 | 20 | 1.48 | |
„ 7 (Priory) | 229 | 10070 | 3 | 0.29 | 6 | 0.58 | |
The Borough | 2265 | 86346 | 49* | 0.56 | 71* | 0.81 |
* 1 death from consumption was, non-distributable,