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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: The following table shows the deaths from phthisis and from all forms of tuberculosis in each of the Wards of the Borough:—

The following table shows the deaths from phthisis and from all forms of tuberculosis in each of the Wards of the Borough:—

WARD.Deaths from consumption of the Lungs.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
Highgate60.45880.610
Muswell Hill50.39760.477
Crouch End40.69140.691
West Hornsey80.569140.996
East Hornsey60.46790.700
North Haringey141.387171.684
South Haringey10.17310.173
Stroud Green20.20830.313
Finsbury Park70.99270.992
The Borough530.583690.759

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Disinfection is carried out at the request of the householder
or medical attendant, after a death from Phthisis, or in cases of
removal.
Leaflets giving information and instructions as to the means
of preventing the spread of Phthisis are left in suitable cases.