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Hornsey 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The following table gives the number of cases of Diphtheria notified in Hornsey, with the death-rate from this disease, the total number of cases of the disease admitted into Hospital (including both Hornsey cases and those from other districts), with the case mortality per cent. of cases of Diphtheria treated in the Hospital.
| 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases of Diphtheria notified in Hornsey | 138 | 117 | 89 | 95 | 87 | 99 | 101 | 107 | 134 | 99 | 62 | 101 | 153 | 157 | 98 | 93 |
| Death rate per 1,000 of the population from Diphtheria | ... | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0. 09 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| Number of cases of Diphtheria admitted to the Isolation Hospital . | 15 | 29 | 8 | 24 | 15 | 45 | 37* | 45* | 30* | 50* | 71* | 92* | 127* | 157* | 159* | 113* |
| Mortality per cent. of cases treated in the Hospital . | 20% | 24% | 25% | 4% | 20% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 4% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 5% |
*Cases admitted to Hospital from districts outside the Borough are included in these figures.