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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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The cost of maintenance (provisions) per inmate (patients and
resident staff) was 5s. 1l¾d. per head per week, as compared with
6s. 5d. in 1907, 6s. 2½d. in 1906, 6s. 8½d. in 1905, 7s. 7d. in 1904,
and 8s. 7¼d. in 1903.
The following table shows the number of cases of each disease admitted during each month of the year, and the districts from which the patients were admitted:—
| Hornsey Cases. | Finchliy Cases. | Wood Green Cases. | Grand Total for the month. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | ||
| January | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 2 | () | 21 | 51 |
| February | 17 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 0 | I | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 49 |
| March | 16 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 51 |
| April | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 40 |
| May | 14 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 35 |
| June | 15 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 43 |
| July | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 45 |
| August | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 32 |
| September | 18 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 45 |
| October | 12 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 43 |
| November | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 |
| December | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| Total for the year | 164 | 51 | 1 | 216 | 105 | 23 | 10 | 138 | 100 | 39 | 1 | 140 | 494 |