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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 1909

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

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1909.1908.Decrease
Ulcer and other Diseases of Stomach7147
Suicide8168
Epidemic Enteritis198
Softening of Brain396
Enteric Fever022
The following diseases caused more deaths than in 1908, and the increased loss is given in each case:—
1909.1908.Increase
Bronchitis and Pneumonia1148925
Heart Disease948311
Phthisis57534
Apoplexy44395
Bright's Disease30228
Forms of Tuberculosis other than Phthisis261610
Accidents241410
Diabetes Mellitus17107
Emphysema, Asthma14212
Whooping Cough12111
Appendicitis1248
Diphtheria1091
Debility at Birth and Congenital Defects1091

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Tuberculosis. -The deaths from Phthisis of the Lung numbered
57, or 4 more than in the previous year and 5 more than
the yearly average for the preceding 5 years. Three of these 57
deaths occurred in persons who had been removed to the Edmonton
Workhouse. During the last four years the number of deaths
from Phthisis has increased rather more than in proportion to
the growth of the population, so that the death-rate from consumption
per 1,000 persons living has slowly risen.
From forms of Tuberculosis other than Phthisis there were
26 deaths registered, an increase of 10, compared with the year
1908.
The total deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis were, therefore,
83, or 14 more than in the previous year.