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To His Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Members of
the Council of the Borough of Hornsey.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report on the health of the
Borough during the year 1909.
The position as shewn by the chief Vital Statistics is a very
satisfactory one. The death-rate remains very low indeed. The
Infantile death-rate is considerably lower than that of 1908, which
was itself the lowest on record.
Infectious disease was a little more prevalent than in 1908,
but the number of cases notified to me was much below the
average of the last 20 years, notwithstanding the great growth in
the population of the district.
Of the non-notifiable infectious diseases, Measles was prevalent
in the district for the greater part of the year, but the
disease was of a very mild type, no more deaths being registered
from this cause than in 1908, when the disease was much less
prevalent.
This year a limited scheme of compulsory notification of
Phthisis is in operation. The Medical Officers and other Officials
of the Poor Law Union must notify cases of Phthisis occurring
in Poor Law patients under their control.
This year, therefore, Phthisis takes its place on the table on
page 36 of notification of Infectious Disease.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
HAROLD COATES, M.D., D.P.H.