Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health.

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    32 In other words, the large and thickly populated district to the west of Finchley Road should have a resident Public Vaccinator for emergency purposes. Scarlet Fever. 165 cases were notified, as compared with 251 in 1902. Three deaths were recorded, equal to 1.2 per cent. of the cases notified, or 0.03 per 1000 of the population. Of the cases notified, 111 or 67 per cent. were removed to hospital. The houses in which cases occurred were inspected and the drains examined. Defective drains were found in 38 instances, defective soil pipes in 30 instances, and defective water supplies, &c., in 37 instances. Cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each Month. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. 14 12 18 14 8 15 23 14 15 12 11 9 165 Cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each Ward. Ward 1 (Town). Ward 2 (Belsize). Ward 3 (Adelaide). Ward 4 (Central). Ward 5 (West End). Ward 6 (Kilburn). Ward 7 (Priory). Total. 21 37 14 23 24 26 20 165 It should be noted that of the cases notified from the Belsize Ward 1 occurred in the North-Western Fever Hospital. This was in the person of a servant of the Hospital Enteric Fever. 24 cases of this disease were notified, being considerably less than the number occurring during 1902, which was 44. It will be seen from the following table that the disease was rather more prevalent in August than any other month.