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Hornsey 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913. Name of District:—HORNSEY.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Highgate. | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End. | West Hornsey. | East Hornsey. | North Haringey. | South Haringey. | Stroud Green. | Finsbury Park. | |||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 115 | - | 22 | 71 | 13 | 9 | - | - | 24 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 84 |
| Erysipelas | 26 | - | — | — | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 206 | 4 | 38 | 126 | 30 | 8 | - | - | 41 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 155 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 10 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Relapsing fever (R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever (C) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 176 | - | 2 | 22 | 26 | 80 | 39 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 20 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 70 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — |
| Totals | 605 | 7 | 75 | 246 | 87 | 125 | 52 | 13 | 98 | 68 | 35 | 117 | 87 | 61 | 35 | 38 | 66 | 247 |
ISOLATION HOSPITAL
Name and
Situation
Hornsey Borough Isolation Hospital,
Coppett's Road, Muswell Hill.
Total available
beds 130
Number of diseases that can
be concurrently treated 3.