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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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| Year. | Highgate. | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End. | West Hornsey. | East Hornsey. | North Haringey. | South Haringey. | Stroud Green. | Finsbury Park. | Total. | Death rate per 1,000 from Cancer. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 103 | 1.21 |
| 1910 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 88 | 1.04 |
| 1909 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 75 | .90 |
| 1908 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 84 | 1.02 |
| 1907 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 76 | .92 |
| 1906 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 65 | .81 |
| 1905 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 65 | .82 |
| 1904 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 49 | .62 |
| 1903 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 62 | .82 | |
| 1902 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 51 | .68 | |
| 1901 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 47 | .63 |
In some cases after a death from Cancer, bedding, etc., has
been disinfected or destroyed, as requested.
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—The number of deaths
from each disease for 1911 and preceding years is shewn in the
following table:—
Number of Deaths 1911-1897 from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases.
| 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | 1901 | 1900 | 1899 | 1898 | 1897 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 20 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Whooping Couph | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | 36 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 15 | 29 |
| Totals | 78 | 27 | 38 | 46 | 44 | 76 | 38 | 69 | 48 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 65 | 52 | 64 |