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Hornsey 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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" List of Samples purchased in Hornsey during
the Year ended 31st December,1925.
| Article | Taken. | Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 282 | 8 |
| Cream | 12 | 8 |
| Butter | 24 | — |
| Arrowroot | 1 | — |
| Bread | 1 | — |
| Carraway seeds | 7 | 1 |
| Cinnamon | 7 | — |
| Cod liver oil and malt | 3 | 1 |
| Coffee | 5 | — |
| Curry powder | 3 | — |
| Fish paste | 5 | — |
| Food colour | 1 | — |
| Fruit, crystallized | 7 | — |
| Ginger, ground | 3 | — |
| Meat, cooked | 5 | — |
| Mincemeat | 1 | — |
| Nutmeg, ground | 4 | — |
| Sweets | 2 | — |
| 373 | 18 | |
| Prosecutions | 5 | |
| Convictions | 4 | |
| Penalty imposed as costs | 1 | |
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
(See Tables F. and G., pp. 42 and 43).
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.—The five years' period under
review has been marked by the most widespread outbreaks of
scarlet fever and of diphtheria Hornsey has ever experienced.
In 1921 no fewer than 591 cases of scarlet fever and 189 cases of
diphtheria were notified. Since then both diseases have declined
in extent. Scarlet fever has of late years been mild in
type, but diphtheria still shows at times a marked degree of
virulence.