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Hornsey 1914
[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 1914. 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 | ||||||||
| Highgate. | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End. | West Hornsey. | East Hornsey | North Haringey. | South Haringey. | Stroud Green. | Finsbury Park. | ||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 101 | 1 | 22 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 2 | — | 23 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 60 |
| Erysipelas | 24 | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 346 | 3 | 45 | 227 | 47 | 22 | 2 | — | 38 | 19 | 15 | 82 | 59 | 48 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 251 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 8 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Continued fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 492 | 11 | 67 | 285 | 66 | 42 | 10 | 7 | 74 | 28 | 24 | 118 | 81 | 56 | 12 | 48 | 51 | 317 |
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.