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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The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rates from all forms of tuberculosis and from pulmonary tuberculosis respectively since 1899:-
Year. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1,000 population | Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Cases of Tuberculosis 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 | 66 | 0.80 | 34 |
1904 | 102 | 1.23 | 73 | 0.88 | 39 |
1905 | 95 | 1.14 | 73 | 0.87 | 27 |
1906 | 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 | 61 | 0.81 | 49 | 0.56 | 300 |
1914 | 71 | 0.82 | 57 | 0.66 | 172 |
1915 | 71 | 0.86 | 48 | 0.58 | 220 |
1916 | 80 | 0.98 | 55 | 0.67 | 244 |
1917 | 85 | 1.12 | 69 | 0.91 | 308 |
The deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and from all forms of tuberculosis during 1917 were distributed among the wards as follows:-
Ward. | Area (Acres). | Estimated Population middle of 1917. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (All Forms). | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. | |||
No. 1 (Town) | 686 | 12593 | 14 | 1.11 | 14 | 1.11 |
,, 2 (Belsize) | 271 | 12283 | 11 | .89 | 13 | 1.05 |
,, 3 (Adelaide) | 325 | 8383 | 6 | .71 | 8 | .95 |
,, 4 (Central) | 312 | 8733 | - | - | 2 | .24 |
,, 5 (West, End) | 247 | 11473 | 13 | 1.13 | 17 | 1.48 |
,, 6 (Kilburn) | 195 | 13472 | 17 | 1.26 | 22 | 1.63 |
,, 7 (Priory) | 229 | 8712 | 8 | .91 | 9 | 1.03 |
The Borough | 2265 | 75649 | 69 | .91 | 85 | 1.12 |