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Hornsey 1919

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

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Of other diseases treated in the Isolation Hospital during the
year there were Dysentery, 6; Erysipelas, 5; Cerebro-Spinal
Fever, 4; Influenza 3; Influenzal Pneumonia, 1; Puerperal Fever,
1; Meningitis, 1; Encephalitis Lethargica, 1; and Septicaemia,
1;—Total, 23.
There were three deaths from Cerebro-Spinal Fever, 1 from
Dysentery, 1 from Puerperal Fever, 1 from Influenza and 1
from 'Septicaemia.

Mortuary.—The following table shows the number of bodies taken to the Mortuary and the Inquests held during the year:—

Bodies.InquestsBodies taken to Mortuary on sanitary grounds.
January663
February13102
March53
April33
May771
June21
July and August55
September55
October88
November22
December11
Total57510

Municipal Laboratory.—During the year 1,631 (1,340 in 1918) specimens were examined in the Bacteriological Laboratory from patients who were, or who were suspected to be, suffering from the following diseases:—

Disease.From Patients at Hospital.From Patients of Medical Men in Hornsey.Total.
Diphtheria1,2322311,463
Scarlet Fever
Enteric Fever44
Pulmonary Tuberculosis157157
Other Diseases
1,2323921,624
Ringworm (from scholars at public elementary schools)10
Total1,634