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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 1918
[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 1918.
| Notfiable 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) | 67 | - | 22 | 30 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 52 |
| Erysipelas | 23 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 89 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 77 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 8 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — |
| Measles | 796 | 8 | 203 | 533 | 43 | 8 | 1 | - | 122 | 96 | 26 | 154 | 128 | 81 | 52 | 54 | 83 | — |
| German Measles | 119 | - | 19 | 62 | 25 | 11 | 2 | - | 38 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 183 | - | 4 | 21 | 23 | 97 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 14 | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 23 | — | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 1316 | 13 | 265 | 715 | 124 | 147 | 48 | 4 | 204 | 161 | 62 | 241 | 209 | 138 | 92 | 99 | 110 | 138 |
ISOLATION HOSPITAL — Name and Hornsey Borough Isolation Hospital, Total available Number of diseases that can
Situation Coppett's Road, Muswell Hill. beds 130 be concurrently treated 3.