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Hornsey 1918

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

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Isolation Hospital.— As compared with the previous year
there were 17 more patients admitted in 1918, viz.:—396 in 1918
and 379 in 1917.

Table: TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS, DEATHS AND DISCHARGES AT ISOLATION HOSPITAL, 1918.

TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS, DEATHS AND DISCHARGES AT ISOLATION HOSPITAL, 1918.

Patients in Hospital Jan. 1st54
Patients admitted during the year396450
Patients discharged during the year377
Patients dying during the year27404
Patients remaining in Hospital Dec. 31st46

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Scarlet Fever.— The number of cases notified in Hornsey
during 1918 was 89, and of these 70 (equal to 79 per cent. of the
cases notified) were admitted to the Isolation Hospital.
There were also 58 cases of Scarlet Fever admitted from
Finchley and 35 from Wood Green.
There was one death in the Hospital from Scarlet Fever
during the year.
Diphtheria.— here were 67 cases of Diphtheria notified in
the Borough during the year, and of these 52 cases (equal to 78
per cent.of those notified) were admitted to the Isolation
Hospital.
There were also 68 cases of Diphtheria admitted from Finchley,
93 from Wood Green, and 1 from Friern Barnet.
There were 23 deaths in the Hospital during the year from
Diphtheria, giving a case mortality of 10.7 per cent. of the cases
of Diphtheria under treatment.
Enteric Fever.— There were 8 cases of this disease notified
in the Borough during the year, and of these 6 (equal to 75 per
cent. of the cases notified) were admitted to the Isolation
Hospital.