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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The following table is interesting as giving the number of deaths from Phthisis and other forms of Tuberculosis and the number of deaths from the seven principal infectious diseases for the past 10 years:—
| 1911. | 1810. | 1909. | 1908. | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis | 55 | 41 | 57 | 53 | 50 | 47 | 58 | 54 | 46 | 45 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 23 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 22 |
| Total | 78 | 59 | 83 | 69 | 69 | 60 | 74 | 77 | 06 | 67 |
| Measles | 20 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 |
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 9 |
| Diarrhœa | 36 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 78 | 27 | 38 | 46 | 44 | 76 | 38 | 69 | 48 | 35 |
In previous years the number of deaths from Phthisis alone
has generally been greater than the number of deaths from the
seven principal Zymotic diseases combined, and the deaths from
all forms of Tuberculosis has nearly always been greatly in excess.
Only in 1906 has the number of deaths from Tuberculosis been
smaller than the number of deaths due to the chief Infectious
Diseases. This year there have been 78 deaths from Tuberculosis
and exactly the same number of deaths from the seven specified
Infectious Diseases, but 1911 is a year in which Measles, Diarrhoea,
and Whooping Cough have all been prevalent in epidemic proportions.
Measles and Diarrhoea have, in fact, caused more deaths
than in any previous year, and the number of deaths from
Whooping Cough has exceeded the average.
The following table shews the ages at death from Phthisis and
from other forms of Tuberculosis:—